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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who wrote Treasure Island?
(a) Robert Burns.
(b) Robert Louis Stevenson.
(c) Sir Walter Scott.
(d) William Shakespeare.
2. When was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1789.
3. Who published the Dictionary of the English Language in 1755?
(a) Daniel Webster.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Samuel Johnson.
(d) Daniel Johnson.
4. When was William Shakespeare born?
(a) 1555.
(b) 1603.
(c) 1564.
(d) 1572.
5. When did Queen Elizabeth die?
(a) 1600.
(b) 1595.
(c) 1603.
(d) 1650.
Short Answer Questions
1. What style of music was the invention of the Scots-Irish?
2. Which of the early Germanic tribes lived in Northern Germany?
3. Who remain the most direct descendants of the Celts?
4. What is the name of the dialect generally associated with the British working class?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. When was the Scottish tongue at its peak? What caused its downfall?
2. What managed to diminish the number of dialects in Great Britain?
3. What did James I do to reduce the rule of Celtic chiefs in Ulster?
4. How many definitions were in the original Johnson's dictionary? What was it drawn from?
5. What impact did the invasion of the Anglo-Saxons have on the Celtic language? Why?
6. Samuel Johnson's dictionary had what impact on the Scottish dialect? What were Johnson's experiences in Scotland?
7. What examples do the authors give in Chapter 1, An English-Speaking World for the history of success of the English language?
8. What do the authors write of the New World and its influence on English in Chapter 2, The Mother Tongue?
9. What myths relating to the English language do the authors hope to dispel, according to the Introduction?
10. What do the authors assert about the state of flux of the English language in the Introduction?
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