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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue, Next Year's Words.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. RP was spoken by how much of the British population at the origination of BBC?
(a) 3%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 1%.

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

3. Who wrote Treasure Island?
(a) Sir Walter Scott.
(b) Robert Louis Stevenson.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) Robert Burns.

4. What is a simplified language that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups that do not have a language in common?
(a) Common.
(b) Simple.
(c) Average.
(d) Pidgin.

5. When did Jamaica regain complete independence?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1853.
(d) 1889.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Renaissance added over how many words to the English language?

2. What is one of the four provinces of Ireland, located in the north of the island?

3. What American-originated word means to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate?

4. Who brought the English language to Britain, according to Chapter 2, The Mother Tongue?

5. The Act of Union in what year brought Ireland into the United Kingdom, and English administrators started to impose English on the people?

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