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

2. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was first published in what year?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1884.
(c) 1774.
(d) 1922.

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 Germans.
(c) The Celts.
(d) The Romans.

4. What term means a people or person who use many languages?
(a) Bilingual.
(b) Industrius.
(c) Babylonian.
(d) Polyglot.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many blacks were in the United States when the Civil War began?

2. Who wrote The American Language?

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

4. Which variant was most likely the first pidgin English?

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

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