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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. Robert McCrum writes in the Introduction, "Language, we know, is in ceaseless ____."
(a) Flow.
(b) Flux.
(c) Motion.
(d) Love.

2. Johnson took on the established dictionaries of European language and decisively exceeded them through how many years of work?
(a) 14.
(b) 9.
(c) 4.
(d) 10.

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

4. Johnson traveled through where at the dawn of the Enlightenment of Hume, Smith, Burns, and Telford?
(a) Scotland.
(b) Wales.
(c) Ireland.
(d) New York.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Robert MacNeil retire, according to his bio in the Introduction?

3. When did the Romans withdraw from Britain?

4. What NASA space probe was launched during the original writing of The Story of English (Edition One)?

5. What is the Church of Scotland's more common name?

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