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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many people spoke English in Shakespeare's time?
(a) 10-15 million.
(b) 3-4 million.
(c) 5-7 million.
(d) 8-10 million.

3. Who were among the first English-speaking migrants to the west and their descendants live in Cornwall, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and Brittany?
(a) The Celts.
(b) The Germans.
(c) The Romans.
(d) The Indians.

4. What do the authors claim denote information about a speaker's life and career and explain community values?
(a) Vocabularies.
(b) Accents.
(c) Languages.
(d) Styles.

5. Approximately how many people speak English as their first language today?
(a) 375 million.
(b) 800 million.
(c) 230 million.
(d) 654 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately how many words are in the English language?

2. What television entertainer does Robert McCrum claim is the lineal descendant of Amos and Andy?

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

4. Who wrote The American Language?

5. How many novels has Robert MacNeil written, according to the Introduction?

(see the answer key)

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