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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. Where was the slave trade centered in Great Britain?
(a) Bristol.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Essex.
(d) London.

2. What is a simplified language that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups that do not have a language in common?
(a) Common.
(b) Simple.
(c) Pidgin.
(d) Average.

3. The English language in Ireland is still _____ and non-standardized, according to Robert McCrum.
(a) Heightened.
(b) Elizabethan.
(c) Structured.
(d) Ruralized.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "RP" stand for?

2. What island nation situated in the western area of the North Atlantic Ocean and east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea has an Irish community today?

3. What Latin-speaking philosopher and theologian was a major figure in the development of Western Christianity?

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

5. Robert McCrum writes in the Introduction, "Language, we know, is in ceaseless ____."

(see the answer key)

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