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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.

The denial of Afrikaans in South Africa sparked an explosive riot in what year? (from Chapter 8, The Echoes of an English Voice)

2.

Which name prefix did the Scots originate? (from Chapter 4, The Guid Scots Tongue)

3.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was first published in what year? (from Chapter 6, Black on White)

4.

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

5.

What is the first of the five points of Calvinism? (from Chapter 4, The Guid Scots Tongue)

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