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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. What was Mark Twain's real name?
2. Bilingualism began in earnest in India in what year?
3. What ship did James Cook sail to Queensland?
4. What musical genre originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions?
5. How many Irish emigrated to the United States in the nineteenth century?
Short Essay Questions
1. How many Americans are of Irish descent? What association do Westerners have with Ireland's history?
2. What international influences came to the English language from New York?
3. What do the authors write of the Canadian accent in Chapter 7, Pioneers! O Pioneers!?
4. What words developed from the spread of Americans to the West?
5. What effect did Webster have on differentiating British and American English standardization?
6. What effect did World War II have on the Cockney language? What other world events affected it?
7. Following the domination of the Irish by England, what splits arose over religion?
8. Where is the Irish language preserved in the New World? Where did the Irish immigrate to in America?
9. What do the authors assert has changed in the way Black English is viewed in recent times?
10. What has led to the further development of English in the Far East?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the distinct paths in which the slave trade traveled and how the people in each region were affected by the trade. How did cultures and languages change?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss how dialects reflect human culture and class station, specifically in Great Britain. What do the authors write regarding the fluidity of accents and culture in Chapter 1, An English-Speaking World?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the success of the English language in spreading throughout the world. What examples do the authors give in Chapter 1, An English-Speaking World for the history of success of the English language?
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