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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 United States is how many times the size of the United Kingdom?
(a) 10.
(b) 100.
(c) 30.
(d) 60.

2. What author noted that Southern women often sounded like their black slaves?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Samuel Clemens.
(c) Charles Dickens.
(d) Andrew Johnson.

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

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

5. What is an honorific name given to those American Loyalists who resettled in British North America and other British Colonies as an act of fealty to King George III after the British defeat in the American Revolutionary War?
(a) British Loyalist.
(b) Montreal Loyalist.
(c) United Empire Loyalist.
(d) Canadian Loyalist.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Louisiana Purchase take place?

2. What word refers to a sudden, frenzied rush or headlong flight of a herd of frightened animals, especially cattle or horses?

3. 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?

4. What musical genre originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions?

5. How many copies of Webster's Dictionary sold during the author's lifetime?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the source of inspiration for Irish literature? When did Irish culture rise to its high point?

4. When and how did Australian English develop?

5. How has English developed among African nations?

6. What do the authors assert has changed in the way Black English is viewed in recent times?

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

8. What do the authors write of the Canadian accent in Chapter 7, Pioneers! O Pioneers!?

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

10. How many Americans are of Irish descent? What association do Westerners have with Ireland's history?

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