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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. The establishment of what was an important moment for English as word choices had to be made for standard broadcasting?
(a) CBS.
(b) PBS.
(c) NBC.
(d) BBC.

2. English is the official language of how many countries?
(a) 34.
(b) 25.
(c) 53.
(d) 43.

3. Robert McCrum was Editor-in-Chief of what publishing house from 1979-1996?
(a) Penguin.
(b) Simon and Schuster.
(c) Faber and Faber.
(d) Fitzgerald and Fitzgerald.

4. When was the Education Act passed in the United Kingdom?
(a) 1789.
(b) 1655.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1833.

5. RP was spoken by how much of the British population at the origination of BBC?
(a) 10%.
(b) 3%.
(c) 1%.
(d) 20%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the authors claim denote information about a speaker's life and career and explain community values?

2. Who is the author of the novel Oscar and Lucinda?

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

4. The Story of English was created alongside a nine-part television series for what network?

5. What great-grandfather of rap does Robert McCrum write is largely forgotten?

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