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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. When did the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes sail from Denmark and the German Coast into Britain?
(a) 340 B.C.
(b) 449 A.D.
(c) 300 A.D.
(d) 100 B.C.

2. What threatened Britain's Celtic chiefs after the withdrawal of the Romans?
(a) Greek tribes.
(b) Islamic tribes.
(c) Christian warriors.
(d) Germanic tribes.

3. When did Robert MacNeil retire, according to his bio in the Introduction?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1992.

4. RP was spoken by how much of the British population at the origination of BBC?
(a) 10%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 1%.
(d) 3%.

5. When did James I lead a council of bishops and Puritan divines to create the King James Bible?
(a) 1604.
(b) 1630.
(c) 1616.
(d) 1601.

Short Answer 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?

2. Which of the early Germanic tribes had speech that was Germanic and they lived Denmark?

3. The Renaissance added over how many words to the English language?

4. James VI of Scotland became James I of England in what year?

5. Who were among the first English-speaking migrants to the west and their descendants live in Cornwall, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and Brittany?

(see the answer key)

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