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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 is considered the highest level of standardization of English, according to the authors in Chapter 1, An English-Speaking World?
(a) Queen's English.
(b) Estuary English.
(c) Cockney English.
(d) Jamaican English.

2. When did the Romans withdraw from Britain?
(a) 210 A.D.
(b) 520 A.D.
(c) 110 A.D.
(d) 410 A.D.

3. What committee was formed to make decisions regarding standard English pronunciation for broadcasting in England?
(a) NCAA.
(b) ACSE.
(c) ACCE.
(d) NACP.

4. Who was the leader of translation in the King James Bible?
(a) Anderson.
(b) Webster.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Bois.

5. When did Elizabeth become Queen of England?
(a) 1530.
(b) 1830.
(c) 1558.
(d) 1493.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose followers are known as Lollards, a somewhat rebellious movement, which preached anticlerical and biblically-centered reforms?

2. When was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand?

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

4. What does "RP" stand for?

5. Who were among the first English-speaking migrants to the west and their descendants live in Cornwall, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and Brittany?

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