2. The English language in Ireland is still _____ and non-standardized, according to Robert McCrum.
(a) Ruralized.
(b) Structured.
(c) Elizabethan.
(d) Heightened.

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

4. What is the capital of New Zealand?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Sydney.
(c) Binghamshire.
(d) Wellington.

5. Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania speak what primary language?
(a) Tulu.
(b) Ki-Swahili.
(c) Afrikaans.
(d) Nigerian.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Robert McCrum writes in the Introduction, "Language, we know, is in ceaseless ____."

3. Which of the early Germanic tribes had speech that was Germanic and they lived Denmark?

4. Who was a central figure in the Uncle Remus stories of the Southern United States?

5. Where was Shakespeare born and raised?

(see the answer key)

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