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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, A Muse of Fire.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What language did the Celts speak?
(a) Esotian.
(b) Germanic.
(c) Entoarian.
(d) Gaelic.

2. Julius Caesar and his armies conquered Britain when?
(a) 34 B.C.
(b) 100 B.C.
(c) 55 B.C.
(d) 44 B.C.

3. RP was spoken by how much of the British population at the origination of BBC?
(a) 1%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 3%.

4. What does "RP" stand for?
(a) Received Pronunciation.
(b) Recieved Phonetics.
(c) Royal Phonetics.
(d) Royal Pronunciation.

5. The Puritans were most highly concentrated where?
(a) Wessex.
(b) East Anglia.
(c) Northumbria.
(d) New Hampshire.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Story of English was created alongside a nine-part television series for what network?

2. What threatened Britain's Celtic chiefs after the withdrawal of the Romans?

3. Robert McCrum writes in the Introduction, "Language, we know, is in ceaseless ____."

4. Old English has barely how many Celtic words?

5. What is considered the highest level of standardization of English, according to the authors in Chapter 1, An English-Speaking World?

(see the answer key)

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