- 1. Which branch of the Indo-European language family does English belong to?
A) Romance
B) Slavic
C) Germanic
D) Baltic
- 2. Which modern language is considered to be closest to the Proto-Indo-European language?
A) Chinese
B) Japanese
C) Lithuanian
D) Arabic
- 3. Into how many subgroups is the Romance branch traditionally divided?
A) Two
B) Five
C) Seven
D) Three
- 4. Which of the following languages is a member of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European family?
A) Dutch
B) Italian
C) Greek
D) Persian
- 5. In which modern country is the Indo-European language Sanskrit primarily associated with?
A) Russia
B) France
C) Greece
D) India
- 6. Which branch of the Indo-European language family includes languages spoken primarily in the eastern part of Europe (e.g., Russian, Polish)?
A) Italic
B) Celtic
C) Hellenic
D) Slavic
- 7. What branch of the Indo-European family does the French language belong to?
A) Romance
B) Germanic
C) Celtic
D) Balto-Slavic
- 8. Before the rise of the Roman Empire, what language family dominated the Italian Peninsula?
A) Hellenic
B) Slavic
C) Celtic
D) Italic
- 9. Which of the following languages is considered the oldest attested Indo-European language?
A) Sanskrit
B) Old Norse
C) Latin
D) Hittite
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