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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, The Echoes of an English Voice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the capital of New Zealand?
(a) Sydney.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Binghamshire.
(d) Wellington.

2. What was the first English-speaking official colony in North America?
(a) Newfoundland.
(b) New Deutchland.
(c) New Amsterdam.
(d) New York.

3. The English conquered and warred with the Irish for over how many years?
(a) 200.
(b) 600.
(c) 800.
(d) 500.

4. The Anglo-Saxon language received a major boost when Christianity brought an enormous Latin vocabulary starting in what year?
(a) 238 A.D.
(b) 283 B.C.
(c) 359 A.D.
(d) 597 A.D.

5. In what decade did Australian English come to be of interest in other English speaking countries?
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1990s.
(c) 1980s.
(d) 1970s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language is associated with the Irish people?

2. Initially what percentage of Australians were English convicts?

3. Which of the early Germanic tribes lived in Northern Germany?

4. The culture of Ireland rose to a high point in what century?

5. How many Irish emigrated to the United States in the nineteenth century?

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