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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. By what year were nearly half of the English literate, according to Chapter 3, A Muse of Fire?
(a) 1600.
(b) 1400.
(c) 1550.
(d) 1500.

2. Who welcomed St. Augustine in England?
(a) King Skaronn.
(b) King Aethelbert.
(c) King Ferdinand.
(d) King Charles.

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

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

5. What is one of the four provinces of Ireland, located in the north of the island?
(a) Ulster.
(b) Essex.
(c) Jamestown.
(d) Northumbria.

Short Answer Questions

1. Scots is one of the oldest and most interesting varieties of English dating back to which centuries?

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

3. When was the Education Act passed in the United Kingdom?

4. Robert McCrum describes the modulation of British RP to what in the Introduction?

5. When did Queen Elizabeth die?

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