A. Choose the best answer. Do not refer to the text.

The above text discusses ________. ( B )

(a) English tradition and naming habits among the Americans

(b) family names and given names of the Americans

(c) given names of the Americans and Christianity

(d) given names in the Puritan colonies of North America

B. Comprehending the text.

   Choose the best answer.

1.The naming habits of the Americans ________. ( B )

(a) differ tremendously from European tradition

(b) have been shaped by English tradition, immigration and native developments

(c) account for the wide use of more than one given name

(d) can be best represented by names such as Edward, Maria, Wingfield

2.Colonists from England in the early 17th century used to ________. ( A )

(a) keep their family names

(b) change their family names

(c) forget their family names

(d) have names with particularly American flavor

3. Which of the following names is exclusively an Indian name? ( A )

(a) Cheeshahteaumuck

(b) Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck

(c) Colonel Ely Samuel Parker

(d) James Knight Walker

4. According to the author, the Negroes ________. ( C )

(a) used to have a family name before freedom

(b) liked to take the name of their masters

(c) tend to use very common names

(d) like names that will distinguish them from others

5. Which group of names in the following originated from British traditional names? ( D )

(a) Yokum, Legree, Goochey, Lovewear

(b) Caloyer, Kallio, Nieni

(c) Brightman, Mueller

(d) Carpenter, Hunter

6. Which of the following is Not true? ( C )

(a) John and Thomas are names from the Bible.

(b) The name Thomas had become popular in England since the 12th century

(c) William, Henry, Richard, and Robert were old Germanic names popularized by the Norman conquerors and used by English kings.

(d) The English tradition of naming was maintained in the southern colonies for a century for both men and women.

7.The names used by boys born in Boston between 1640 and 1699 show ________. ( B )

(a) no difference in naming habits from their parents

(b) a great increase in the use of Biblical names

(c) English tradition of naming unchanged

(d) Samuel as heading the name list

8. For women in the Puritan colonies, ________. ( C )

(a) Joan, Agnes, and Margaret were among the most commonly used names in the 17th century

(b) there was an increase in the use of traditional but non-Biblical names

(c) names of abstract qualities such as Mercy, Thankful and Experience were used

(d) Ebenezer was not a Biblical name

C. Understanding vocabulary.

   Choose the correct definition according to the context.

1. Quite possibly, a few English waifs and strays, especially those of illegitimate birth, came to America, lacking or not knowing their family names. ( D )

(a) prisoners

(b) runaways

(c) bastards

(d) homeless people

2. If an Indian was converted, he might take a baptismal or Christian name, and then bear his old one as a family name. ( A )

(a) accepted a new religion

(b) was interested

(c) was caught

(d) was away from home

3. Being legally chattels, they did not vote, enter into contracts, testify in court, or do any of the other things for which a full name was demanded. ( B )

(a) prisoners

(b) slaves

(c) non-residents

(d) vagabonds

4. In fact, we may say that they took them too much "like other people", and instead of using their own exuberant fancy, they seem to have chosen rather the more commonplace ones. ( D )

(a) exaggerated

(b) extraordinary

(c) mundane

(d) abundant

5. It looks rather as if the Negro tried to efface himself by taking the name which would not bring any attention to him. ( B )

(a) raise

(b) erase

(c) face

(d) displace

6. Sometimes it has resulted merely from nuisance of trying to maintain an unusual name. ( C )

(a) chance

(b) need

(c) trouble

(d) difficulty

7. Even if we divide this figure by three to make allowance for mere variations of spelling, the number remains tremendous. ( B )

(a) examine in detail

(b) take into consideration

(c) pay more attention to

(d) think carefully

8. John, from the beloved disciple, had been a favorite name for centuries all over Christendom. The proportion of Biblical names soared upward, especially those of favorite characters from the Old Testament.( A )

(a) rose rapidly

(b) went

(c) made

(d) changed

9. Thus the first eight names have all become Biblicals, and the once popular William and Richard have been shoved into ninth and tenth place. ( C )

(a) raised

(b) entered

(c) pushed

(d) reduced

10. Some of the names are presumably to be construed as verbs rather than as nouns, and may be taken as standing for some Biblical admonition such as, "Desire spiritual gifts." ( A )

(a) understood

(b) transformed

(c) maintained

(d) kept

D. Discussing the following topics.

1. In what area of naming have Americans been creative?

2. What tradition of naming was followed in the southern colonies? In New England? Among women?