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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. Which variant was most likely the first pidgin English?
(a) Haitian.
(b) Jamaican.
(c) West African.
(d) Cajun.

2. When was Ivanhoe written?
(a) 1819.
(b) 1803.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1695.

3. Who initiated the English Reformation?
(a) King Henry VIII.
(b) Queen Elizabeth.
(c) King Leopold I.
(d) King George II.

4. The culture of Ireland rose to a high point in what century?
(a) 14th.
(b) 10th.
(c) 12th.
(d) 6th.

5. When did the American Civil War begin?
(a) 1845.
(b) 1861.
(c) 1795.
(d) 1856.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first successful English settlement on the mainland of North America?

2. What is the British spelling of the word "color"?

3. In Chapter 2, The Mother Tongue, the authors claim that the horse and the what spread the English language and caused its divergence?

4. Which of the four ethnic groups that invaded Scotland during the Dark Ages united the kingdom?

5. Ulster is composed of how many counties?

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