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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 Latin-speaking philosopher and theologian was a major figure in the development of Western Christianity?
(a) St. Augustine.
(b) St. Peter.
(c) St. Patrick.
(d) St. Mark.

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

3. Who is the author of the novel Oscar and Lucinda?
(a) Danielle Steele.
(b) Jonathan Swift.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Peter Carey.

4. When did the Romans withdraw from Britain?
(a) 520 A.D.
(b) 210 A.D.
(c) 410 A.D.
(d) 110 A.D.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a simplified language that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups that do not have a language in common?

3. The Anglo-Saxon language received a major boost when Christianity brought an enormous Latin vocabulary starting in what year?

4. Robert McCrum was Editor-in-Chief of what publishing house from 1979-1996?

5. Robert McCrum describes the modulation of British RP to what in the Introduction?

(see the answer key)

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