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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. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was first published in what year?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1774.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1884.

2. Who is the author of Ivanhoe?
(a) Sir Walter Scott.
(b) Robert Burns.
(c) Andrew Webster.
(d) Samuel Johnson.

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

4. What author noted that Southern women often sounded like their black slaves?
(a) Charles Dickens.
(b) Andrew Johnson.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Samuel Clemens.

5. The authors assert in Chapter 6, Black on White, that the black pidgins clearly date back to which century?
(a) Mid-fifteenth.
(b) Mid-sixteenth.
(c) Mid-fourteenth.
(d) Mid-seventeenth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. James VI of Scotland became James I of England in what year?

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

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

5. The establishment of what was an important moment for English as word choices had to be made for standard broadcasting?

(see the answer key)

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