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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. The English language was formed through how many invasions?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

2. Tyndale translated the Bible from Greek in what year?
(a) 1603.
(b) 1650.
(c) 1525.
(d) 1559.

3. In what year did the English Reformation begin?
(a) 1534.
(b) 1598.
(c) 1601.
(d) 1555.

4. Who were among the first English-speaking migrants to the west and their descendants live in Cornwall, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and Brittany?
(a) The Germans.
(b) The Indians.
(c) The Romans.
(d) The Celts.

5. How many quotations were in the original Dictionary of the English Language?
(a) 114,000.
(b) 120,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 300,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Linguists know that languages spoken by around how much of humanity came from a common Indo-European source?

2. How many blacks were in the United States when the Civil War began?

3. Who initiated the English Reformation?

4. Approximately how many people speak English as their first language today?

5. Who wrote Treasure Island?

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