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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 language did the Celts speak?
(a) Gaelic.
(b) Entoarian.
(c) Germanic.
(d) Esotian.

2. Initially what percentage of Australians were English convicts?
(a) 87%.
(b) 99%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 40%.

3. Who brought the English language to Britain, according to Chapter 2, The Mother Tongue?
(a) Celts.
(b) Roman tribes.
(c) Germanic tribes.
(d) Asian tribes.

4. When did the Romans withdraw from Britain?
(a) 410 A.D.
(b) 520 A.D.
(c) 110 A.D.
(d) 210 A.D.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Queen Victoria take the British crown?

2. The denial of Afrikaans in South Africa sparked an explosive riot in what year?

3. Who remain the most direct descendants of the Celts?

4. The English language in Ireland is still _____ and non-standardized, according to Robert McCrum.

5. Who were among the first English-speaking migrants to the west and their descendants live in Cornwall, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and Brittany?

(see the answer key)

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