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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Guid Scots Tongue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of Ivanhoe?
(a) Andrew Webster.
(b) Sir Walter Scott.
(c) Samuel Johnson.
(d) Robert Burns.

2. What was the first successful English settlement on the mainland of North America?
(a) Cooperstown.
(b) Washington D.C.
(c) New York.
(d) Jamestown.

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

4. Linguists know that languages spoken by around how much of humanity came from a common Indo-European source?
(a) One third.
(b) One fourth.
(c) One fifth.
(d) One half.

5. Where was Shakespeare born and raised?
(a) Stratford-upon-Avon.
(b) Essex.
(c) London.
(d) Wilforshire.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is another word for Old English?

3. How many people spoke English in Shakespeare's time?

4. When did Elizabeth become Queen of England?

5. When did James I lead a council of bishops and Puritan divines to create the King James Bible?

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