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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. When did James I die?
(a) 1650.
(b) 1440.
(c) 1700.
(d) 1625.

2. Which of the early Germanic tribes lived in Northern Germany?
(a) Buchi.
(b) Celti.
(c) Anglii.
(d) Frisii.

3. What word that originated in the American West means a source of great and sudden wealth or luck; a spectacular windfall?
(a) Bonanza.
(b) Stampede.
(c) Lollapalooza.
(d) Discombobulate.

4. Who remain the most direct descendants of the Celts?
(a) The Irish.
(b) The Scottish.
(c) The Welsh.
(d) The Norwiegens.

5. When was William Shakespeare born?
(a) 1572.
(b) 1564.
(c) 1555.
(d) 1603.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language did the Celts speak?

2. When did the Romans withdraw from Britain?

3. Daniel Webster was a leader in what political party?

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

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

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