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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. Who wrote Treasure Island?
(a) Sir Walter Scott.
(b) Robert Burns.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) Robert Louis Stevenson.

2. Which of the following words is attributed to Shakespeare's origination?
(a) President.
(b) Assassination.
(c) Death.
(d) Company.

3. In order to find early Black American English, one must travel to the American South, especially Charlestown and where?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Georgia.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Louisiana.

4. By what year were nearly half of the English literate, according to Chapter 3, A Muse of Fire?
(a) 1600.
(b) 1550.
(c) 1400.
(d) 1500.

5. Which of the four ethnic groups that invaded Scotland during the Dark Ages united the kingdom?
(a) The Asti.
(b) The Scotti.
(c) The Illiuni.
(d) The Finni.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Latin-speaking philosopher and theologian was a major figure in the development of Western Christianity?

2. What is one of the four provinces of Ireland, located in the north of the island?

3. Who was a central figure in the Uncle Remus stories of the Southern United States?

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

5. The first Dictionary of the English Language contained over how many definitions?

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