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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Tyndale translated the Bible from Greek in what year?
2. Who initiated the English Reformation?
3. Approximately how many words are in the English language?
4. What style of music was the invention of the Scots-Irish?
5. The Story of English was created alongside a nine-part television series for what network?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the authors assert is the common ancestry of all languages? What happened to most of them?
2. Who was William Shakespeare and what impact did he have on the English language?
3. What impact did the invasion of the Anglo-Saxons have on the Celtic language? Why?
4. What do the authors of The Story of English rely upon to relate the history of the English language?
5. What did James I do to reduce the rule of Celtic chiefs in Ulster?
6. What became of the Germanic tribes described in Chapter 2, The Mother Tongue? Where did they spread?
7. Who spread the English language to the west initially? Who are their descendants?
8. What examples do the authors give in Chapter 1, An English-Speaking World for the history of success of the English language?
9. When was the Scottish tongue at its peak? What caused its downfall?
10. How do we know how the English language sounded hundreds of years ago? What do the authors relate about grammatical shifts in the Introduction?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe William Shakespeare and his impact on the English language. When did he live? How many plays did he write? How many words did he originate?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss and describe the different regions in America and the accents, history, people, and culture of each.
Essay Topic 3
Describe Daniel Webster's political views and how these influenced his dictionary. What political parties was Webster associated with? What political reactions resulted from the standardization of American English?
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