2. In Chapter 2, The Mother Tongue, the authors claim that the horse and the what spread the English language and caused its divergence?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Money.
(c) Fire.
(d) Wheel.

3. The number of books in England did what after the invention of the printing press?
(a) Doubled.
(b) Tripled.
(c) Quadrupled.
(d) Halved.

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

5. What is the traditional site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims?
(a) Plymouth Rock.
(b) Ellis Island.
(c) Nina Maria.
(d) Philadelphia.

6. Which name prefix did the Scots originate?
(a) An.
(b) Ross.
(c) Boyd.
(d) Mc.

7. Who was the leader of translation in the King James Bible?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Webster.
(c) Bois.
(d) Anderson.

8. What is the first of the five points of Calvinism?
(a) Love of God.
(b) Forgiveness.
(c) Release of sin.
(d) Total depravity.

9. The establishment of what was an important moment for English as word choices had to be made for standard broadcasting?
(a) PBS.
(b) BBC.
(c) CBS.
(d) NBC.

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

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

12. What language did the Celts speak?
(a) Entoarian.
(b) Esotian.
(c) Gaelic.
(d) Germanic.

13. What was the first successful English settlement on the mainland of North America?
(a) Jamestown.
(b) New York.
(c) Cooperstown.
(d) Washington D.C.

14. Which of the early Germanic tribes had speech that was Germanic and they lived Denmark?
(a) Frisii.
(b) Anglii.
(c) Buchi.
(d) Celti.

15. Who wrote The American Language?
(a) Daniel Webster.
(b) Dr. Samuel Johnson.
(c) William Cran.
(d) H.L. Mencken.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Scots of the Lowlands first spoke a form of English brought by the Angles of Northumbria mixed with four ethnic groups that invaded during what period?

2. What is the Church of Scotland's more common name?

3. When was Ivanhoe written?

4. The Puritans were most highly concentrated where?

5. Where was the Archduke Ferdinand assassinated?

(see the answer keys)

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