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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) Samuel Clemens.
(b) Charles Dickens.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Andrew Johnson.

2. What popular singer brought recognition to Jamaica?
(a) Jimi Hendrix.
(b) Desi Arnaz.
(c) Bob Marley.
(d) Lou Reed.

3. When did the American Revolutionary War begin?
(a) 1850.
(b) 1775.
(c) 1790.
(d) 1699.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the current population of Jamaica?

2. What is the British spelling of the word "color"?

3. The authors assert in Chapter 6, Black on White, that the black pidgins clearly date back to which century?

4. 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?

5. How many blacks were in the United States when the Civil War began?

Short Essay Questions

1. When and how did Australian English develop?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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