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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. Ulster is composed of how many counties?
(a) 5.
(b) 15.
(c) 9.
(d) 10.

2. What was the first English-speaking official colony in North America?
(a) New York.
(b) New Deutchland.
(c) Newfoundland.
(d) New Amsterdam.

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

4. The English language was formed through how many invasions?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

5. The English conquered and warred with the Irish for over how many years?
(a) 500.
(b) 800.
(c) 200.
(d) 600.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people in America claim to be of Irish descent today?

2. 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?

3. Which of the early Germanic tribes had speech that was Germanic and they lived Denmark?

4. What language did the Celts speak?

5. From what century onwards did England begin domination of Ireland?

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