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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, The Echoes of an English Voice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. RP was spoken by how much of the British population at the origination of BBC?
(a) 3%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 1%.
(d) 20%.

2. When did Queen Elizabeth die?
(a) 1600.
(b) 1595.
(c) 1650.
(d) 1603.

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

4. The English conquered and warred with the Irish for over how many years?
(a) 500.
(b) 600.
(c) 200.
(d) 800.

5. After World War II, which national economy sent multinational corporations across the world and into NATO and the UN?
(a) British.
(b) American.
(c) French.
(d) Canadian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another word for Old English?

2. How many quotations were in the original Dictionary of the English Language?

3. Which of the early Germanic tribes had speech that was Germanic and they lived Denmark?

4. Ulster is composed of how many counties?

5. James VI of Scotland became James I of England in what year?

(see the answer key)

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