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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, The New Englishes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Jonathan Swift born?
(a) 1667.
(b) 1595.
(c) 1695.
(d) 1675.

2. Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
(a) Samuel Johnson.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) James McDougal.
(d) Harriet Beecher Stowe.

3. When was the Education Act passed in the United Kingdom?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1833.
(c) 1789.
(d) 1655.

4. RP was spoken by how much of the British population at the origination of BBC?
(a) 20%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 3%.
(d) 1%.

5. Abraham Lincoln was America's ___ President.
(a) 15th.
(b) 17th.
(c) 16th.
(d) 18th.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is listed as the Executive Producer of the television series The Story of English?

4. The number of books in England did what after the invention of the printing press?

5. When did the First World War begin?

(see the answer key)

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