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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) Gaelic.
(b) Entoarian.
(c) Esotian.
(d) Germanic.

2. The Anglo-Saxon language received a major boost when Christianity brought an enormous Latin vocabulary starting in what year?
(a) 283 B.C.
(b) 238 A.D.
(c) 597 A.D.
(d) 359 A.D.

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

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

5. Who is quoted from his Preface to A Dictionary of the English Language in the Introduction?
(a) Anderson Williams.
(b) Dr. Samuel Johnson.
(c) William Cran.
(d) Daniel Webster.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did the Romans withdraw from Britain?

3. Linguists know that languages spoken by around how much of humanity came from a common Indo-European source?

4. When was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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