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

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

3. Approximately how many people speak English as their first language today?
(a) 800 million.
(b) 375 million.
(c) 230 million.
(d) 654 million.

4. James VI of Scotland became James I of England in what year?
(a) 1596.
(b) 1557.
(c) 1603.
(d) 1702.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 2, The Mother Tongue, the authors claim that the horse and the what spread the English language and caused its divergence?

3. By what year were nearly half of the English literate, according to Chapter 3, A Muse of Fire?

4. Which of the early Germanic tribes had speech that was Germanic and they lived Denmark?

5. Which of the following words is attributed to Shakespeare's origination?

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