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

2. When was Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1969.

3. Julius Caesar and his armies conquered Britain when?
(a) 34 B.C.
(b) 100 B.C.
(c) 55 B.C.
(d) 44 B.C.

4. When was the Education Act passed in the United Kingdom?
(a) 1789.
(b) 1833.
(c) 1655.
(d) 1923.

5. The denial of Afrikaans in South Africa sparked an explosive riot in what year?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1976.

Short Answer Questions

1. What author noted that Southern women often sounded like their black slaves?

2. The authors assert in Chapter 6, Black on White, that the black pidgins clearly date back to which century?

3. What was the first successful English settlement on the mainland of North America?

4. What term refers to a member of the dark-skinned people who were the earliest inhabitants of Australia?

5. What language is associated with the Irish people?

(see the answer key)

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