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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.

Tyndale translated the Bible from Greek in what year? (from Chapter 3, A Muse of Fire)

2.

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

3.

What American accent refers to that which originated from young Californians in the 1980s? (from Epilogue, Next Year's Words)

4.

The Puritans were most highly concentrated where? (from Chapter 3, A Muse of Fire)

5.

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

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