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The Story of English Quiz

Robert McCrum
This Study Guide consists of approximately 29 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Story of English.

The Story of English Quiz

Robert McCrum
This Study Guide consists of approximately 29 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Story of English.

Take our free The Story of English quiz below, with 25 multiple choice questions that help you test your knowledge. Determine which chapters, themes and styles you already know and what you need to study for your upcoming essay, midterm, or final exam. Take the free quiz now!

Directions: Click on the correct answer.

Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What is the capital of New Zealand? (from Chapter 8, The Echoes of an English Voice)

2.

What word refers to a process of conversion of verbal or written elements of any other language into a more comprehensible English form for an English speaker or to become English in form or character? (from Chapter 5, The Irish Question)

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? (from Chapter 5, The Irish Question)

4.

What term refers to African-American vernacular English? (from Epilogue, Next Year's Words)

5.

When did the British and East India Company establish outposts in India? (from Chapter 9, The New Englishes)

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