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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. Who published the Dictionary of the English Language in 1755?
(a) Daniel Webster.
(b) Samuel Johnson.
(c) Daniel Johnson.
(d) James Joyce.

2. How many Irish emigrated to the United States in the nineteenth century?
(a) 3.5 million.
(b) 6.1 million.
(c) 2 million.
(d) 4.7 million.

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

4. What British author of Gulliver's Travels is known for being a master of two styles of satire: the Horatian and Juvenalian styles?
(a) Daniel Webster.
(b) Jonathan Swift.
(c) Samuel Johnson.
(d) Mark Twain.

5. In what decade did a rebellious side of black liberation come together in New Orleans?
(a) 1780s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1870s.
(d) 1850s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word carried over from Cockney to Australian English?

2. Where was Shakespeare born and raised?

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

4. Approximately how many words are in the English language?

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

(see the answer key)

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