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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 area of London was largely flattened in World War II?
(a) West End.
(b) North End.
(c) South End.
(d) East End.

2. The denial of Afrikaans in South Africa sparked an explosive riot in what year?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1976.

3. Linguists know that languages spoken by around how much of humanity came from a common Indo-European source?
(a) One fourth.
(b) One third.
(c) One fifth.
(d) One half.

4. Newfoundland was founded in what year?
(a) 1612.
(b) 1714.
(c) 1588.
(d) 1595.

5. Northern Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands produced their own language tree that divided into what and German?
(a) Welsh.
(b) Norse.
(c) Celtic.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did James Cook sail to Queensland?

2. In Cockney, the "w" is often exchanged for what sound?

3. What word refers to a process of conversion of verbal or written elements of any other language into a more comprehensible English form for an English speaker or to become English in form or character?

4. Julius Caesar and his armies conquered Britain when?

5. Who welcomed St. Augustine in England?

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