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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Story of English was created alongside a nine-part television series for what network?
(a) PBS.
(b) CBS.
(c) NBC.
(d) ABC.

2. Where was Shakespeare born and raised?
(a) Stratford-upon-Avon.
(b) Wilforshire.
(c) Essex.
(d) London.

3. What style of music was the invention of the Scots-Irish?
(a) Hip-hop.
(b) Country.
(c) Jazz.
(d) Blues.

4. After World War II, which national economy sent multinational corporations across the world and into NATO and the UN?
(a) French.
(b) Canadian.
(c) American.
(d) British.

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

6. Who welcomed St. Augustine in England?
(a) King Aethelbert.
(b) King Skaronn.
(c) King Charles.
(d) King Ferdinand.

7. Northern Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands produced their own language tree that divided into what and German?
(a) Norse.
(b) English.
(c) Celtic.
(d) Welsh.

8. What is one of the four provinces of Ireland, located in the north of the island?
(a) Northumbria.
(b) Jamestown.
(c) Ulster.
(d) Essex.

9. Who brought the English language to Britain, according to Chapter 2, The Mother Tongue?
(a) Celts.
(b) Roman tribes.
(c) Asian tribes.
(d) Germanic tribes.

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

11. By what year were nearly half of the English literate, according to Chapter 3, A Muse of Fire?
(a) 1400.
(b) 1500.
(c) 1550.
(d) 1600.

12. Who is Scotland's most celebrated poet?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) Samuel Beckett.
(c) Sylvia Plath.
(d) Robert Burns.

13. How many quotations were in the original Dictionary of the English Language?
(a) 120,000.
(b) 300,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 114,000.

14. When was Ivanhoe written?
(a) 1803.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1695.
(d) 1819.

15. Which of the following words is attributed to Shakespeare's origination?
(a) Death.
(b) Company.
(c) Assassination.
(d) President.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did James I lead a council of bishops and Puritan divines to create the King James Bible?

2. The establishment of what was an important moment for English as word choices had to be made for standard broadcasting?

3. How many novels has Robert MacNeil written, according to the Introduction?

4. When did Robert MacNeil retire, according to his bio in the Introduction?

5. Who initiated the English Reformation?

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