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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 Scots of the Lowlands first spoke a form of English brought by the Angles of Northumbria mixed with four ethnic groups that invaded during what period?
(a) The Inquisition.
(b) The Dark Ages.
(c) The Rensaissance.
(d) The Restoration.

2. How many blacks were in the United States when the Civil War began?
(a) 3 million.
(b) 2 million.
(c) 6 million.
(d) 4 million.

3. How many people spoke English in Shakespeare's time?
(a) 5-7 million.
(b) 10-15 million.
(c) 3-4 million.
(d) 8-10 million.

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

5. What style of music was the invention of the Scots-Irish?
(a) Blues.
(b) Country.
(c) Jazz.
(d) Hip-hop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tyndale translated the Bible from Greek in what year?

2. Who welcomed St. Augustine in England?

3. The authors assert in Chapter 6, Black on White, that the black pidgins clearly date back to which century?

4. When was Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated?

5. Old English has barely how many Celtic words?

(see the answer key)

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