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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. From what century onwards did England begin domination of Ireland?
(a) 8th.
(b) 10th.
(c) 12th.
(d) 4th.

2. Who remain the most direct descendants of the Celts?
(a) The Welsh.
(b) The Norwiegens.
(c) The Irish.
(d) The Scottish.

3. What British author of Gulliver's Travels is known for being a master of two styles of satire: the Horatian and Juvenalian styles?
(a) Jonathan Swift.
(b) Samuel Johnson.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Daniel Webster.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What language is associated with the Irish people?

3. When did James Cook sail to Queensland?

4. What was a common form of passing language down from one generation to the next in Irish culture?

5. In Chapter 2, The Mother Tongue, the authors claim that the horse and the what spread the English language and caused its divergence?

(see the answer key)

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