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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. The people of what country have recently developed a fanatical desire to learn English, and English is vital in many developing countries, according to the author?
(a) Korea.
(b) China.
(c) Israel.
(d) Germany.

2. Johnson took on the established dictionaries of European language and decisively exceeded them through how many years of work?
(a) 9.
(b) 4.
(c) 10.
(d) 14.

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

4. What is the name of the dialect generally associated with the British working class?
(a) Estuary.
(b) Queen's English.
(c) Cockney.
(d) RP.

5. When did the Romans withdraw from Britain?
(a) 410 A.D.
(b) 210 A.D.
(c) 520 A.D.
(d) 110 A.D.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Story of English was created alongside a nine-part television series for what network?

2. Who welcomed St. Augustine in England?

3. Who were among the first English-speaking migrants to the west and their descendants live in Cornwall, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and Brittany?

4. Global English is either British or what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who spread the English language to the west initially? Who are their descendants?

2. What do the authors preface regarding the style of the text in their Introduction?

3. When did Julius Caesar invade the Celts? What was the result?

4. How many definitions were in the original Johnson's dictionary? What was it drawn from?

5. What cultural wars and battles helped to create the English language, according to the authors in Chapter 2, The Mother Tongue?

6. Which group of Scots first spoke English? Where did it arrive from?

7. What myths relating to the English language do the authors hope to dispel, according to the Introduction?

8. When did the Scottish dialect fall into decline? What led to its standardization?

9. What is notable about the standardization of English throughout history? What examples do the authors give in Chapter 1, An English-Speaking World?

10. When was the Scottish tongue at its peak? What caused its downfall?

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