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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. Robert McCrum describes the modulation of British RP to what in the Introduction?
(a) American English.
(b) North Country English.
(c) Cockney English.
(d) Estuary English.

2. Who brought the English language to Britain, according to Chapter 2, The Mother Tongue?
(a) Germanic tribes.
(b) Asian tribes.
(c) Celts.
(d) Roman tribes.

3. How many novels has Robert MacNeil written, according to the Introduction?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 1.

4. Where was Shakespeare born and raised?
(a) Wilforshire.
(b) Stratford-upon-Avon.
(c) Essex.
(d) London.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the English Reformation begin?

2. What do the authors claim denote information about a speaker's life and career and explain community values?

3. The people of what country have recently developed a fanatical desire to learn English, and English is vital in many developing countries, according to the author?

4. What language did the Celts speak?

5. Who is quoted from his Preface to A Dictionary of the English Language in the Introduction?

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