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

2. Which novelist defined English language fanatics as "Snoots"?
(a) James Alexander Wallace.
(b) Jonathan Swift.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) David Foster Wallace.

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

4. Global English is either British or what?
(a) Eastern.
(b) Colonialized.
(c) American.
(d) Western.

5. When did James I lead a council of bishops and Puritan divines to create the King James Bible?
(a) 1630.
(b) 1601.
(c) 1604.
(d) 1616.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the dialect generally associated with the British working class?

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

3. Who is listed as the Executive Producer of the television series The Story of English?

4. After World War II, which national economy sent multinational corporations across the world and into NATO and the UN?

5. The Puritans were most highly concentrated where?

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