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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. The Anglo-Saxon language received a major boost when Christianity brought an enormous Latin vocabulary starting in what year?
(a) 597 A.D.
(b) 359 A.D.
(c) 238 A.D.
(d) 283 B.C.

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

3. What great-grandfather of rap does Robert McCrum write is largely forgotten?
(a) Mister Spoons.
(b) Dr. Dre.
(c) Anderson Clydeson.
(d) Master P.

4. What language did the Celts speak?
(a) Gaelic.
(b) Esotian.
(c) Germanic.
(d) Entoarian.

5. Approximately how many words are in the English language?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 500,000.
(c) 1,000,000.
(d) 200,000.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Approximately how many people speak English as their first language today?

3. Who brought the English language to Britain, according to Chapter 2, The Mother Tongue?

4. What is another word for Old English?

5. Where was the Archduke Ferdinand assassinated?

(see the answer key)

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