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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 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?

2. What is the capital of New Zealand?

3. Abraham Lincoln was America's ___ President.

4. What author wrote Leaves of Grass?

5. What is the current population of Jamaica?

Short Essay Questions

1. What impact did Black English have on whites in the American South?

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

3. Following the domination of the Irish by England, what splits arose over religion?

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

5. How has English developed among African nations?

6. Where is the Irish language preserved in the New World? Where did the Irish immigrate to in America?

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

8. When and how did Australian English develop?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was notable about the first edition of The Story of English? What was it published alongside? What was the public reaction to the linguists' assertions?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the Irish-English accent as it relates to Shakespearean English. What other dialects reflect the vocabulary and style of certain Shakespearean characters? How can this be explained?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss and describe the different regions in America and the accents, history, people, and culture of each.

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