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

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

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

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

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?
(a) Israel.
(b) Germany.
(c) China.
(d) Korea.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What language did the Celts speak?

3. Northern Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands produced their own language tree that divided into what and German?

4. When did the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes sail from Denmark and the German Coast into Britain?

5. English is the official language of how many countries?

(see the answer key)

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