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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. The Scots of the Lowlands first spoke a form of English brought by the Angles of Northumbria mixed with four ethnic groups that invaded during what period?
(a) The Dark Ages.
(b) The Inquisition.
(c) The Restoration.
(d) The Rensaissance.

2. Who were among the first English-speaking migrants to the west and their descendants live in Cornwall, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and Brittany?
(a) The Germans.
(b) The Romans.
(c) The Indians.
(d) The Celts.

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

4. What was a common form of passing language down from one generation to the next in Irish culture?
(a) Shamanic rites.
(b) Written word.
(c) Baptism.
(d) Storytelling.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who welcomed St. Augustine in England?

2. Bilingualism began in earnest in India in what year?

3. What term means a people or person who use many languages?

4. The English language was formed through how many invasions?

5. What is a simplified language that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups that do not have a language in common?

(see the answer key)

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