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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. Which of the following words is attributed to Shakespeare's origination?
(a) Death.
(b) Company.
(c) President.
(d) Assassination.

2. What language did the Celts speak?
(a) Gaelic.
(b) Entoarian.
(c) Esotian.
(d) Germanic.

3. Who is the author of the novel Oscar and Lucinda?
(a) Jonathan Swift.
(b) Danielle Steele.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Peter Carey.

4. When did James I lead a council of bishops and Puritan divines to create the King James Bible?
(a) 1604.
(b) 1630.
(c) 1601.
(d) 1616.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What Latin-speaking philosopher and theologian was a major figure in the development of Western Christianity?

2. When was the original edition of The Story of English published?

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

4. Who was the leader of translation in the King James Bible?

5. What is the name of the dialect generally associated with the British working class?

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