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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Pioneers! O Pioneers!.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose followers are known as Lollards, a somewhat rebellious movement, which preached anticlerical and biblically-centered reforms?
(a) Daniel Webster's.
(b) James Calvin's.
(c) Samuel Johnson's.
(d) John Wycliffe's.

2. When did James I lead a council of bishops and Puritan divines to create the King James Bible?
(a) 1630.
(b) 1604.
(c) 1616.
(d) 1601.

3. Approximately how many words are in the English language?
(a) 1,000,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 200,000.

4. What is an honorific name given to those American Loyalists who resettled in British North America and other British Colonies as an act of fealty to King George III after the British defeat in the American Revolutionary War?
(a) British Loyalist.
(b) Montreal Loyalist.
(c) Canadian Loyalist.
(d) United Empire Loyalist.

5. The people of what country have recently developed a fanatical desire to learn English, and English is vital in many developing countries, according to the author?
(a) Israel.
(b) Korea.
(c) China.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what century onwards did England begin domination of Ireland?

2. Who is listed as the Executive Producer of the television series The Story of English?

3. Who was the leader of translation in the King James Bible?

4. Who is Scotland's most celebrated poet?

5. Julius Caesar and his armies conquered Britain when?

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