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Romance Languages Trivia Quiz

Romance languages are the languages descended from Latin, the language of ancient Romans. Find out more about them!

A multiple-choice quiz by Beatka. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Beatka

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
99,113

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Avg Score
6 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. All Romance languages have three grammatical genders (masculine, feminine, and neuter), just like Latin.

True

False

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the most widely spoken Romance language in the world? Hint

Portuguese

Spanish

Italian

French

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is the only Romance language which has developed in Eastern Europe?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Rhaeto-Romance is spoken in which country? Hint

Switzerland

Spain

Portugal

France

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which Romance language was the predecessor to Portuguese? Hint

Castilian

Andalusian

Asturian

Galician

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Question 6 of 10

6. Name the only major country of South America where Spanish is not an official language. Hint

Peru

Venezuela

Chile

Brazil

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Question 7 of 10

7. Basque is a Romance language spoken in Spain.

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. An archaic form of Spanish, spoken by the descendants of the Jews expelled from Spain in the 15th century, is called: Hint

Ladino

Yiddish

Latin

Hebrew

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which language is considered the most conservative of all Romance languages?
Hint

Romanian

Sardinian

Ladino

Portuguese

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Question 10 of 10

10. All Romance languages have got rid of the Latin scheme of six different cases for the noun, retaining only one case.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. All Romance languages have three grammatical genders (masculine, feminine, and neuter), just like Latin.

Answer: False

Some Romance languages, like French, have only two grammatical genders (masculine and feminine).

2. What is the most widely spoken Romance language in the world?

Answer: Spanish

Spanish is in fact the 3rd most spoken language in the world (after Chinese and English). It is spoken in the majority of the South American countries.

3. What is the only Romance language which has developed in Eastern Europe?

Answer: Romanian

Romanian is the official language of Romania, it is spoken also in Moldavia (a country bordering Romania) for instance.

4. Rhaeto-Romance is spoken in which country?

Answer: Switzerland

Rhaeto-Romance is one of the four official languages in Switzerland (the others are: French, Italian and German). It is actually a collective term for three dialects. It is spoken also in north-eastern Italy but doesn't have an official status there. The Swiss dialect is known as Romansch while the Italian dialects are Friulian and Ladin.

5. Which Romance language was the predecessor to Portuguese?

Answer: Galician

Galician and Portuguese are very close to each other. Galician is the official language of the Spanish province of Galicia.

6. Name the only major country of South America where Spanish is not an official language.

Answer: Brazil

The official language of Brazil (the largest and most populous country in South America) is Portuguese.

7. Basque is a Romance language spoken in Spain.

Answer: False

Basque is a language of uncertain origin. It bears resemblance to no other known language. It is spoken in the Basque Country (northern Spain and southern France).

8. An archaic form of Spanish, spoken by the descendants of the Jews expelled from Spain in the 15th century, is called:

Answer: Ladino

Those Jews, called Sefardim or Sephardim, are mainly established in the State of Israel at present.

9. Which language is considered the most conservative of all Romance languages?

Answer: Sardinian

Sardinian (Sardu) is the main language spoken in the island of Sardinia, Italy. Sardinia was practically isolated from the Continent for thousands of years, that's why this language resisted linguistic invasions or influences.

10. All Romance languages have got rid of the Latin scheme of six different cases for the noun, retaining only one case.

Answer: False

One Romance language, namely Romanian, has retained a (reduced) case system.

Source: Author Beatka

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