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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.

When was Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated? (from Chapter 6, Black on White)

2.

The Scots of the Lowlands first spoke a form of English brought by the Angles of Northumbria mixed with four ethnic groups that invaded during what period? (from Chapter 4, The Guid Scots Tongue)

3.

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

4.

What was the first successful English settlement on the mainland of North America? (from Chapter 3, A Muse of Fire)

5.

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

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