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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, A Muse of Fire.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Pidgin.
(b) Common.
(c) Average.
(d) Simple.

2. Who was the leader of translation in the King James Bible?
(a) Webster.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Anderson.
(d) Bois.

3. How many people spoke English in Shakespeare's time?
(a) 3-4 million.
(b) 5-7 million.
(c) 8-10 million.
(d) 10-15 million.

4. The people of what country have recently developed a fanatical desire to learn English, and English is vital in many developing countries, according to the author?
(a) Germany.
(b) Korea.
(c) Israel.
(d) China.

5. What television entertainer does Robert McCrum claim is the lineal descendant of Amos and Andy?
(a) Dave Chapelle.
(b) Eddie Murphy.
(c) Ali G.
(d) Borat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the Archduke Ferdinand assassinated?

2. Which novelist defined English language fanatics as "Snoots"?

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

4. Linguists know that languages spoken by around how much of humanity came from a common Indo-European source?

5. Who initiated the English Reformation?

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