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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 was the first successful English settlement on the mainland of North America?
(a) New York.
(b) Jamestown.
(c) Cooperstown.
(d) Washington D.C.

2. Who is quoted from his Preface to A Dictionary of the English Language in the Introduction?
(a) William Cran.
(b) Daniel Webster.
(c) Dr. Samuel Johnson.
(d) Anderson Williams.

3. What is a simplified language that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups that do not have a language in common?
(a) Simple.
(b) Common.
(c) Average.
(d) Pidgin.

4. When did the Romans withdraw from Britain?
(a) 520 A.D.
(b) 410 A.D.
(c) 110 A.D.
(d) 210 A.D.

5. Where was Shakespeare born and raised?
(a) Wilforshire.
(b) Stratford-upon-Avon.
(c) London.
(d) Essex.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Elizabeth become Queen of England?

3. What committee was formed to make decisions regarding standard English pronunciation for broadcasting in England?

4. In what year did the English Reformation begin?

5. When did the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes sail from Denmark and the German Coast into Britain?

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