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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Mother Tongue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the dialect generally associated with the British working class?
(a) RP.
(b) Cockney.
(c) Queen's English.
(d) Estuary.

2. Old English has barely how many Celtic words?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

3. Which of the early Germanic tribes had speech that was Germanic and they lived Denmark?
(a) Buchi.
(b) Frisii.
(c) Anglii.
(d) Celti.

4. How many novels has Robert MacNeil written, according to the Introduction?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

5. Which of the early Germanic tribes lived in Northern Germany?
(a) Celti.
(b) Buchi.
(c) Anglii.
(d) Frisii.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand?

2. What threatened Britain's Celtic chiefs after the withdrawal of the Romans?

3. What television entertainer does Robert McCrum claim is the lineal descendant of Amos and Andy?

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

5. Northern Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands produced their own language tree that divided into what and German?

(see the answer key)

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