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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, A Muse of Fire.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What threatened Britain's Celtic chiefs after the withdrawal of the Romans?
(a) Christian warriors.
(b) Germanic tribes.
(c) Islamic tribes.
(d) Greek tribes.

2. Global English is either British or what?
(a) Colonialized.
(b) Eastern.
(c) American.
(d) Western.

3. What television entertainer does Robert McCrum claim is the lineal descendant of Amos and Andy?
(a) Eddie Murphy.
(b) Borat.
(c) Dave Chapelle.
(d) Ali G.

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

5. What great-grandfather of rap does Robert McCrum write is largely forgotten?
(a) Master P.
(b) Anderson Clydeson.
(c) Dr. Dre.
(d) Mister Spoons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Linguists know that languages spoken by around how much of humanity came from a common Indo-European source?

2. Who remain the most direct descendants of the Celts?

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

4. The English language was formed through how many invasions?

5. Which novelist defined English language fanatics as "Snoots"?

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