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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bilingualism began in earnest in India in what year?
(a) 1835.
(b) 1665.
(c) 1782.
(d) 1950.

2. What British author of Gulliver's Travels is known for being a master of two styles of satire: the Horatian and Juvenalian styles?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Samuel Johnson.
(c) Jonathan Swift.
(d) Daniel Webster.

3. Thomas Macaulay was born in what year?
(a) 1795.
(b) 1800.
(c) 1600.
(d) 1901.

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

5. What word refers to a sudden, frenzied rush or headlong flight of a herd of frightened animals, especially cattle or horses?
(a) Lollapalooza.
(b) Stampede.
(c) Bonanza.
(d) Roundup.

6. In Cockney, the "w" is often exchanged for what sound?
(a) "F."
(b) "S."
(c) "V."
(d) "Z."

7. What term is also known as Irish English and is the dialect of English spoken in Ireland?
(a) Hiberno-English.
(b) Gaelic-English.
(c) Anglo-English.
(d) Irish-English.

8. In what decade did Australian English come to be of interest in other English speaking countries?
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1990s.
(c) 1980s.
(d) 1970s.

9. How many copies of Webster's Dictionary sold during the author's lifetime?
(a) 60,000,000.
(b) 100,000,000.
(c) 80,000,000.
(d) 90,000.

10. Daniel Webster was a leader in what political party?
(a) Labor.
(b) Republican.
(c) Whigs.
(d) Tories.

11. What was Mark Twain's real name?
(a) Johnathan Swift.
(b) Alexander Clemens.
(c) Mark Stevenson.
(d) Samuel Clemens.

12. In order to find early Black American English, one must travel to the American South, especially Charlestown and where?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Georgia.

13. Abraham Lincoln was America's ___ President.
(a) 18th.
(b) 17th.
(c) 16th.
(d) 15th.

14. When did Queen Victoria take the British crown?
(a) 1801.
(b) 1837.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1915.

15. When did the American Revolutionary War begin?
(a) 1775.
(b) 1850.
(c) 1790.
(d) 1699.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated?

2. Many Canadians use what instead of the American "zee"?

3. What is an English-based creole of Sierra Leone, a first language of the residents of Freetown and its environs, and a lingua franca elsewhere in the country?

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

5. What term means a people or person who use many languages?

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