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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 is the author of the novel Oscar and Lucinda?
(a) Peter Carey.
(b) Danielle Steele.
(c) Jonathan Swift.
(d) Mark Twain.
2. Julius Caesar and his armies conquered Britain when?
(a) 44 B.C.
(b) 55 B.C.
(c) 100 B.C.
(d) 34 B.C.
3. What committee was formed to make decisions regarding standard English pronunciation for broadcasting in England?
(a) NACP.
(b) ACCE.
(c) NCAA.
(d) ACSE.
4. Who wrote The American Language?
(a) William Cran.
(b) Dr. Samuel Johnson.
(c) H.L. Mencken.
(d) Daniel Webster.
5. The English language was formed through how many invasions?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.
Short Answer Questions
1. The number of books in England did what after the invention of the printing press?
2. When did Elizabeth become Queen of England?
3. Robert McCrum describes the modulation of British RP to what in the Introduction?
4. Linguists know that languages spoken by around how much of humanity came from a common Indo-European source?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. When did Julius Caesar invade the Celts? What was the result?
2. Who spread the English language to the west initially? Who are their descendants?
3. What time frame is embodied by the Elizabethan period? What advances took place in English during this time?
4. What cultural wars and battles helped to create the English language, according to the authors in Chapter 2, The Mother Tongue?
5. How many definitions were in the original Johnson's dictionary? What was it drawn from?
6. What do the authors write of the Puritans in Chapter 2, The Mother Tongue? Where were they located?
7. What do the authors write of the New World and its influence on English in Chapter 2, The Mother Tongue?
8. What do the authors write of the advances from broadcasting on English in Chapter 1, An English-Speaking World?
9. What do the authors of The Story of English rely upon to relate the history of the English language?
10. What do the authors assert about the state of flux of the English language in the Introduction?
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