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

2. From what century onwards did England begin domination of Ireland?
(a) 4th.
(b) 8th.
(c) 10th.
(d) 12th.

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

4. In what decade did a rebellious side of black liberation come together in New Orleans?
(a) 1850s.
(b) 1870s.
(c) 1950s.
(d) 1780s.

5. What word carried over from Cockney to Australian English?
(a) Mate.
(b) Ello.
(c) Bro.
(d) Howdy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What American-originated word means an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance?

2. What was the first English-speaking official colony in North America?

3. What author wrote Leaves of Grass?

4. When did Queen Victoria take the British crown?

5. How many Germans have emigrated to the United States since 1776?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When and how did Australian English develop?

3. What effect did World War II have on the Cockney language? What other world events affected it?

4. Where was the slave trade centered in England? How did blacks and whites communicate?

5. When did the Act of Union take place in Irish/English history? What effect did it have on English?

6. What do the authors attribute to Ireland's unique inflections and word stresses in dialect?

7. How was Cockney stereotypically viewed in London? What governmental changes standardized it?

8. How have British and American accents diverged over time, according to the authors in Chapter 7, Pioneers! O Pioneers!?

9. What impact did the slave ships in the Caribbean have on the spread of the English language?

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

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