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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) 1625.
(b) 1440.
(c) 1700.
(d) 1650.

2. What NASA space probe was launched during the original writing of The Story of English (Edition One)?
(a) Sputnik.
(b) Voyager One.
(c) Voyager Three.
(d) Voyager Two.

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

4. Many Canadians use what instead of the American "zee"?
(a) Cee.
(b) Zed.
(c) Zepha.
(d) Vee.

5. In what year did the English Reformation begin?
(a) 1534.
(b) 1598.
(c) 1601.
(d) 1555.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is quoted from his Preface to A Dictionary of the English Language in the Introduction?

2. What great-grandfather of rap does Robert McCrum write is largely forgotten?

3. The English language in Ireland is still _____ and non-standardized, according to Robert McCrum.

4. Who was the leader of translation in the King James Bible?

5. The culture of Ireland rose to a high point in what century?

(see the answer key)

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