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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Pioneers! O Pioneers!.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Renaissance added over how many words to the English language?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 30,000.

2. Who brought the English language to Britain, according to Chapter 2, The Mother Tongue?
(a) Celts.
(b) Asian tribes.
(c) Germanic tribes.
(d) Roman tribes.

3. How many people in America claim to be of Irish descent today?
(a) 20,000,000.
(b) 2,000,000.
(c) 5,000,000.
(d) 40,000,000.

4. What is the first of the five points of Calvinism?
(a) Forgiveness.
(b) Release of sin.
(c) Total depravity.
(d) Love of God.

5. Which of the four ethnic groups that invaded Scotland during the Dark Ages united the kingdom?
(a) The Scotti.
(b) The Finni.
(c) The Illiuni.
(d) The Asti.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Germans have emigrated to the United States since 1776?

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

3. What term is also known as Irish English and is the dialect of English spoken in Ireland?

4. Linguists know that languages spoken by around how much of humanity came from a common Indo-European source?

5. The Story of English was created alongside a nine-part television series for what network?

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