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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 English conquered and warred with the Irish for over how many years?
(a) 500.
(b) 200.
(c) 600.
(d) 800.

2. When was Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1969.

3. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was first published in what year?
(a) 1884.
(b) 1774.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1922.

4. The English language in Ireland is still _____ and non-standardized, according to Robert McCrum.
(a) Heightened.
(b) Structured.
(c) Ruralized.
(d) Elizabethan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the First World War begin?

2. In what decade did Australian English come to be of interest in other English speaking countries?

3. What was Mark Twain's real name?

4. When did the Louisiana Purchase take place?

5. What is a term used for both dialects of English and English-based pidgins and creoles, and whose meaning depends considerably upon the context, and particularly the part of the world?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did black pidgin languages first originate and why?

2. What has led to the further development of English in the Far East?

3. How did Black English develop in the American South? When did Black English begin to appear in literature?

4. How has English developed among African nations?

5. What do the authors write of the Jamaican dialect in Chapter 9, The New Englishes?

6. When was Webster's Dictionary first published? How many copies were sold in his lifetime?

7. What words developed from the spread of Americans to the West?

8. Following the domination of the Irish by England, what splits arose over religion?

9. Where is the Irish language preserved in the New World? Where did the Irish immigrate to in America?

10. What international influences came to the English language from New York?

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