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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, The Echoes of an English Voice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term is also known as Irish English and is the dialect of English spoken in Ireland?
(a) Irish-English.
(b) Gaelic-English.
(c) Hiberno-English.
(d) Anglo-English.

2. Old English has barely how many Celtic words?
(a) 10.
(b) 30.
(c) 12.
(d) 20.

3. How many people in America claim to be of Irish descent today?
(a) 2,000,000.
(b) 5,000,000.
(c) 40,000,000.
(d) 20,000,000.

4. Which of the early Germanic tribes had speech that was Germanic and they lived Denmark?
(a) Anglii.
(b) Frisii.
(c) Buchi.
(d) Celti.

5. Newfoundland was founded in what year?
(a) 1714.
(b) 1612.
(c) 1588.
(d) 1595.

Short Answer Questions

1. What British author of Gulliver's Travels is known for being a master of two styles of satire: the Horatian and Juvenalian styles?

2. How many Irish emigrated to the United States in the nineteenth century?

3. The English language in Ireland is still _____ and non-standardized, according to Robert McCrum.

4. The Anglo-Saxon language received a major boost when Christianity brought an enormous Latin vocabulary starting in what year?

5. What language did the Celts speak?

(see the answer key)

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