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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 author noted that Southern women often sounded like their black slaves?
2. What is an English-based creole of Sierra Leone, a first language of the residents of Freetown and its environs, and a lingua franca elsewhere in the country?
3. 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?
4. What area of London was largely flattened in World War II?
5. What is the British spelling of the word "color"?
Short Essay Questions
1. When did the Act of Union take place in Irish/English history? What effect did it have on English?
2. Where was the slave trade centered in England? How did blacks and whites communicate?
3. What impact did the slave ships in the Caribbean have on the spread of the English language?
4. How did appreciation for the Australian dialect change in the 20th century? Why?
5. Following the domination of the Irish by England, what splits arose over religion?
6. How did Black English develop in the American South? When did Black English begin to appear in literature?
7. What do the authors assert has changed in the way Black English is viewed in recent times?
8. How has English developed among African nations?
9. How was Cockney stereotypically viewed in London? What governmental changes standardized it?
10. What effect did Webster have on differentiating British and American English standardization?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Describe and discuss the influences of Germanic, French, and Romance languages on the development of English. What words today are rooted in these cultures and their interactions with the English?
Essay Topic 3
Describe how Black English affects language today in popular culture, including television, film, music, and other influences. What contributions can they name which originated in African culture?
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