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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. What American-originated word means an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance?
(a) Stampede.
(b) Bonanza.
(c) Lollapalooza.
(d) Pot-luck.

2. When did James I lead a council of bishops and Puritan divines to create the King James Bible?
(a) 1616.
(b) 1601.
(c) 1630.
(d) 1604.

3. How many people spoke English in Shakespeare's time?
(a) 8-10 million.
(b) 10-15 million.
(c) 3-4 million.
(d) 5-7 million.

4. Newfoundland was founded in what year?
(a) 1714.
(b) 1595.
(c) 1612.
(d) 1588.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people in America claim to be of Irish descent today?

2. When was the original edition of The Story of English published?

3. When was Webster's Dictionary first published?

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

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

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