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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, An English-Speaking World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the Archduke Ferdinand assassinated?
(a) Paris.
(b) Sarajevo.
(c) New York.
(d) London.

2. Robert McCrum describes the modulation of British RP to what in the Introduction?
(a) American English.
(b) North Country English.
(c) Cockney English.
(d) Estuary English.

3. What NASA space probe was launched during the original writing of The Story of English (Edition One)?
(a) Voyager Two.
(b) Voyager Three.
(c) Sputnik.
(d) Voyager One.

4. Who wrote The American Language?
(a) William Cran.
(b) H.L. Mencken.
(c) Dr. Samuel Johnson.
(d) Daniel Webster.

5. When was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1789.

Short Answer Questions

1. The establishment of what was an important moment for English as word choices had to be made for standard broadcasting?

2. What is the name of the dialect generally associated with the British working class?

3. RP was spoken by how much of the British population at the origination of BBC?

4. English is the official language of how many countries?

5. Approximately how many words are in the English language?

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