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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, The New Englishes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Mark Twain's real name?
(a) Alexander Clemens.
(b) Mark Stevenson.
(c) Johnathan Swift.
(d) Samuel Clemens.

2. The English language was formed through how many invasions?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

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

4. By what year were nearly half of the English literate, according to Chapter 3, A Muse of Fire?
(a) 1400.
(b) 1500.
(c) 1550.
(d) 1600.

5. What term refers to a member of the dark-skinned people who were the earliest inhabitants of Australia?
(a) Nintoona.
(b) Acatuna.
(c) Indians.
(d) Aborigine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did James I die?

3. What is a term used for both dialects of English and English-based pidgins and creoles, and whose meaning depends considerably upon the context, and particularly the part of the world?

4. What threatened Britain's Celtic chiefs after the withdrawal of the Romans?

5. What is another word for Old English?

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