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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, An English-Speaking World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which novelist defined English language fanatics as "Snoots"?
(a) James Alexander Wallace.
(b) David Foster Wallace.
(c) Jonathan Swift.
(d) Mark Twain.

2. How many people spoke English in Shakespeare's time?
(a) 3-4 million.
(b) 10-15 million.
(c) 5-7 million.
(d) 8-10 million.

3. What is another word for Old English?
(a) Medieval English.
(b) Englisc.
(c) Germanic.
(d) Celtic.

4. RP was spoken by how much of the British population at the origination of BBC?
(a) 1%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 3%.

5. How many novels has Robert MacNeil written, according to the Introduction?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the dialect generally associated with the British working class?

2. Approximately how many people speak English as their first language today?

3. What great-grandfather of rap does Robert McCrum write is largely forgotten?

4. What do the authors claim denote information about a speaker's life and career and explain community values?

5. When was the Education Act passed in the United Kingdom?

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