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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Renaissance added over how many words to the English language?
(a) 30,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 10,000.

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

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

5. Who initiated the English Reformation?
(a) King George II.
(b) King Henry VIII.
(c) Queen Elizabeth.
(d) King Leopold I.

6. The first Dictionary of the English Language contained over how many definitions?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 25,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 40,000.

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

8. Approximately how many words are in the English language?
(a) 200,000.
(b) 500,000.
(c) 1,000,000.
(d) 100,000.

9. When did Queen Elizabeth die?
(a) 1600.
(b) 1650.
(c) 1603.
(d) 1595.

10. Scots is one of the oldest and most interesting varieties of English dating back to which centuries?
(a) First and second.
(b) Eighth and ninth.
(c) Sixth and seventh.
(d) Third and fourth.

11. What is the Church of Scotland's more common name?
(a) The Catholic.
(b) The Scotch Catholic.
(c) The Kirk.
(d) The Anglican.

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

13. What does "RP" stand for?
(a) Royal Phonetics.
(b) Received Pronunciation.
(c) Royal Pronunciation.
(d) Recieved Phonetics.

14. Robert McCrum writes in the Introduction, "Language, we know, is in ceaseless ____."
(a) Flow.
(b) Love.
(c) Motion.
(d) Flux.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is considered the highest level of standardization of English, according to the authors in Chapter 1, An English-Speaking World?

2. The Anglo-Saxon language received a major boost when Christianity brought an enormous Latin vocabulary starting in what year?

3. Who is Scotland's most celebrated poet?

4. Northern Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands produced their own language tree that divided into what and German?

5. When did Elizabeth become Queen of England?

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