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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Black on White.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was William Shakespeare born?
(a) 1603.
(b) 1572.
(c) 1564.
(d) 1555.

2. When did the American Civil War begin?
(a) 1845.
(b) 1795.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1856.

3. Slave ships that went to the Caribbean with the first slaves changed the language of the area entirely creating what variant?
(a) West Aftican Creole.
(b) Cajun English.
(c) French Creole.
(d) Caribbean Creole.

4. When did Elizabeth become Queen of England?
(a) 1830.
(b) 1530.
(c) 1558.
(d) 1493.

5. What is the traditional site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims?
(a) Nina Maria.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Ellis Island.
(d) Plymouth Rock.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the four ethnic groups that invaded Scotland during the Dark Ages united the kingdom?

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

4. Johnson traveled through where at the dawn of the Enlightenment of Hume, Smith, Burns, and Telford?

5. Who was the leader of translation in the King James Bible?

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