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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 dialect is associated with the lower classes in England?
(a) RP.
(b) Cockney.
(c) Estuary.
(d) Queen's English.

2. After World War II, which national economy sent multinational corporations across the world and into NATO and the UN?
(a) British.
(b) French.
(c) American.
(d) Canadian.

3. Julius Caesar and his armies conquered Britain when?
(a) 44 B.C.
(b) 100 B.C.
(c) 55 B.C.
(d) 34 B.C.

4. Who wrote Treasure Island?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) Robert Burns.
(c) Robert Louis Stevenson.
(d) Sir Walter Scott.

5. The English language in Ireland is still _____ and non-standardized, according to Robert McCrum.
(a) Heightened.
(b) Ruralized.
(c) Elizabethan.
(d) Structured.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irish culture is a mixture of Celtic and what?

2. When was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand?

3. Who brought the English language to Britain, according to Chapter 2, The Mother Tongue?

4. Which novelist defined English language fanatics as "Snoots"?

5. What author wrote Leaves of Grass?

(see the answer key)

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