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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. After World War II, which national economy sent multinational corporations across the world and into NATO and the UN?
(a) Canadian.
(b) British.
(c) American.
(d) French.

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

3. The number of books in England did what after the invention of the printing press?
(a) Quadrupled.
(b) Tripled.
(c) Doubled.
(d) Halved.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people spoke English in Shakespeare's time?

2. When was William Shakespeare born?

3. By what year were nearly half of the English literate, according to Chapter 3, A Muse of Fire?

4. Tyndale translated the Bible from Greek in what year?

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

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