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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, A Muse of Fire.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Romans withdraw from Britain?
(a) 210 A.D.
(b) 110 A.D.
(c) 520 A.D.
(d) 410 A.D.

2. Which of the early Germanic tribes lived in Northern Germany?
(a) Celti.
(b) Buchi.
(c) Anglii.
(d) Frisii.

3. When did James I die?
(a) 1700.
(b) 1650.
(c) 1625.
(d) 1440.

4. The Story of English was created alongside a nine-part television series for what network?
(a) CBS.
(b) PBS.
(c) NBC.
(d) ABC.

5. When was the original edition of The Story of English published?
(a) 1986.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1975.

Short Answer Questions

1. What television entertainer does Robert McCrum claim is the lineal descendant of Amos and Andy?

2. The Anglo-Saxon language received a major boost when Christianity brought an enormous Latin vocabulary starting in what year?

3. Who welcomed St. Augustine in England?

4. Where was Shakespeare born and raised?

5. Whose followers are known as Lollards, a somewhat rebellious movement, which preached anticlerical and biblically-centered reforms?

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