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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. When was Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated?

2. What is the capital of Jamaica?

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

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

5. What island nation situated in the western area of the North Atlantic Ocean and east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea has an Irish community today?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When and how did Australian English develop?

3. When was English first introduced to India? What led to its development there?

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

5. What effect did Webster have on differentiating British and American English standardization?

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

7. When did black pidgin languages first originate and why?

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

9. How has English developed among African nations?

10. How did appreciation for the Australian dialect change in the 20th century? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the influence of the King James Bible on the English language. What words are examples which arose to common use following the release of the English Bible?

Essay Topic 2

When did St. Augustine arrive in Britain? What impact did he have there on the English language? How?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the Act of Union of 1803 in Great Britain and its effects on the Irish language and culture. What remains of the Irish language today?

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