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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. When did the American Civil War begin?
(a) 1845.
(b) 1861.
(c) 1856.
(d) 1795.
2. The authors assert in Chapter 6, Black on White, that the black pidgins clearly date back to which century?
(a) Mid-sixteenth.
(b) Mid-fourteenth.
(c) Mid-fifteenth.
(d) Mid-seventeenth.
3. How many copies of Webster's Dictionary sold during the author's lifetime?
(a) 60,000,000.
(b) 90,000.
(c) 100,000,000.
(d) 80,000,000.
4. Thomas Macaulay was born in what year?
(a) 1600.
(b) 1800.
(c) 1795.
(d) 1901.
5. Slave ships that went to the Caribbean with the first slaves changed the language of the area entirely creating what variant?
(a) Cajun English.
(b) West Aftican Creole.
(c) French Creole.
(d) Caribbean Creole.
Short Answer Questions
1. When did Queen Victoria take the British crown?
2. Daniel Webster was a leader in what political party?
3. What term is also known as Irish English and is the dialect of English spoken in Ireland?
4. What is the capital of Jamaica?
5. Many Canadians use what instead of the American "zee"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where is the Irish language preserved in the New World? Where did the Irish immigrate to in America?
2. How was Cockney stereotypically viewed in London? What governmental changes standardized it?
3. How did appreciation for the Australian dialect change in the 20th century? Why?
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. Following the domination of the Irish by England, what splits arose over religion?
7. How have British and American accents diverged over time, according to the authors in Chapter 7, Pioneers! O Pioneers!?
8. What has led to the further development of English in the Far East?
9. When did black pidgin languages first originate and why?
10. What words developed from the spread of Americans to the West?
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