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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. When was the Education Act passed in the United Kingdom?
(a) 1789.
(b) 1833.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1655.

2. Who were among the first English-speaking migrants to the west and their descendants live in Cornwall, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and Brittany?
(a) The Germans.
(b) The Romans.
(c) The Celts.
(d) The Indians.

3. Which novelist defined English language fanatics as "Snoots"?
(a) David Foster Wallace.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) James Alexander Wallace.
(d) Jonathan Swift.

4. When did Elizabeth become Queen of England?
(a) 1530.
(b) 1493.
(c) 1830.
(d) 1558.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the dialect generally associated with the British working class?

2. Who was the leader of translation in the King James Bible?

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

4. What is considered the highest level of standardization of English, according to the authors in Chapter 1, An English-Speaking World?

5. In what year did the English Reformation begin?

(see the answer key)

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