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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Black on White.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who welcomed St. Augustine in England?
(a) King Charles.
(b) King Aethelbert.
(c) King Skaronn.
(d) King Ferdinand.

2. The Anglo-Saxon language received a major boost when Christianity brought an enormous Latin vocabulary starting in what year?
(a) 359 A.D.
(b) 283 B.C.
(c) 238 A.D.
(d) 597 A.D.

3. When did the Romans withdraw from Britain?
(a) 520 A.D.
(b) 110 A.D.
(c) 410 A.D.
(d) 210 A.D.

4. Tyndale translated the Bible from Greek in what year?
(a) 1650.
(b) 1525.
(c) 1559.
(d) 1603.

5. The first Dictionary of the English Language contained over how many definitions?
(a) 40,000.
(b) 25,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 10,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Ivanhoe written?

2. RP was spoken by how much of the British population at the origination of BBC?

3. Which of the four ethnic groups that invaded Scotland during the Dark Ages united the kingdom?

4. Julius Caesar and his armies conquered Britain when?

5. When did James I lead a council of bishops and Puritan divines to create the King James Bible?

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