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

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

3. The Story of English was created alongside a nine-part television series for what network?
(a) CBS.
(b) ABC.
(c) NBC.
(d) PBS.

4. What is considered the highest level of standardization of English, according to the authors in Chapter 1, An English-Speaking World?
(a) Cockney English.
(b) Jamaican English.
(c) Estuary English.
(d) Queen's English.

5. Robert McCrum writes in the Introduction, "Language, we know, is in ceaseless ____."
(a) Flux.
(b) Flow.
(c) Love.
(d) Motion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is another word for Old English?

3. After World War II, which national economy sent multinational corporations across the world and into NATO and the UN?

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

5. What NASA space probe was launched during the original writing of The Story of English (Edition One)?

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