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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 published the Dictionary of the English Language in 1755?
(a) Samuel Johnson.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Daniel Webster.
(d) Daniel Johnson.

2. When was William Shakespeare born?
(a) 1603.
(b) 1555.
(c) 1572.
(d) 1564.

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

4. After World War II, which national economy sent multinational corporations across the world and into NATO and the UN?
(a) Canadian.
(b) British.
(c) American.
(d) French.

5. When did James I lead a council of bishops and Puritan divines to create the King James Bible?
(a) 1630.
(b) 1616.
(c) 1601.
(d) 1604.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a term used for both dialects of English and English-based pidgins and creoles, and whose meaning depends considerably upon the context, and particularly the part of the world?

3. When did the Romans withdraw from Britain?

4. Where was the slave trade centered in Great Britain?

5. Who were among the first English-speaking migrants to the west and their descendants live in Cornwall, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and Brittany?

(see the answer key)

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