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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. In what decade did Australian English come to be of interest in other English speaking countries?
(a) 1980s.
(b) 1970s.
(c) 1960s.
(d) 1990s.

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

3. What word carried over from Cockney to Australian English?
(a) Ello.
(b) Bro.
(c) Howdy.
(d) Mate.

4. What was a common form of passing language down from one generation to the next in Irish culture?
(a) Written word.
(b) Shamanic rites.
(c) Baptism.
(d) Storytelling.

5. In Cockney, the "w" is often exchanged for what sound?
(a) "S."
(b) "Z."
(c) "F."
(d) "V."

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Romans withdraw from Britain?

2. Northern Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands produced their own language tree that divided into what and German?

3. The English conquered and warred with the Irish for over how many years?

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

5. The English language was formed through how many invasions?

(see the answer key)

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