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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. Scots is one of the oldest and most interesting varieties of English dating back to which centuries?
(a) Sixth and seventh.
(b) Eighth and ninth.
(c) Third and fourth.
(d) First and second.

2. What American-originated word means to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate?
(a) Lollapalooza.
(b) Stampede.
(c) Discombobulate.
(d) Bonanza.

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

4. Who is the author of Ivanhoe?
(a) Sir Walter Scott.
(b) Andrew Webster.
(c) Samuel Johnson.
(d) Robert Burns.

5. What word carried over from Cockney to Australian English?
(a) Ello.
(b) Howdy.
(c) Mate.
(d) Bro.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was William Shakespeare born?

2. What is an honorific name given to those American Loyalists who resettled in British North America and other British Colonies as an act of fealty to King George III after the British defeat in the American Revolutionary War?

3. Who is quoted from his Preface to A Dictionary of the English Language in the Introduction?

4. Abraham Lincoln was America's ___ President.

5. In Cockney, the "w" is often exchanged for what sound?

(see the answer key)

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