View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Mother Tongue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many novels has Robert MacNeil written, according to the Introduction?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

2. Julius Caesar and his armies conquered Britain when?
(a) 100 B.C.
(b) 44 B.C.
(c) 55 B.C.
(d) 34 B.C.

3. Robert McCrum writes in the Introduction, "Language, we know, is in ceaseless ____."
(a) Love.
(b) Flux.
(c) Flow.
(d) Motion.

4. Linguists know that languages spoken by around how much of humanity came from a common Indo-European source?
(a) One half.
(b) One fifth.
(c) One third.
(d) One fourth.

5. Robert McCrum describes the modulation of British RP to what in the Introduction?
(a) North Country English.
(b) Estuary English.
(c) American English.
(d) Cockney English.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language did the Celts speak?

2. Which of the early Germanic tribes lived in Northern Germany?

3. The people of what country have recently developed a fanatical desire to learn English, and English is vital in many developing countries, according to the author?

4. What is considered the highest level of standardization of English, according to the authors in Chapter 1, An English-Speaking World?

5. After World War II, which national economy sent multinational corporations across the world and into NATO and the UN?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 194 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample