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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Guid Scots Tongue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The number of books in England did what after the invention of the printing press?
(a) Halved.
(b) Doubled.
(c) Quadrupled.
(d) Tripled.

2. What NASA space probe was launched during the original writing of The Story of English (Edition One)?
(a) Voyager One.
(b) Sputnik.
(c) Voyager Three.
(d) Voyager Two.

3. What is the traditional site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims?
(a) Ellis Island.
(b) Plymouth Rock.
(c) Nina Maria.
(d) Philadelphia.

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

5. The Scots of the Lowlands first spoke a form of English brought by the Angles of Northumbria mixed with four ethnic groups that invaded during what period?
(a) The Dark Ages.
(b) The Restoration.
(c) The Inquisition.
(d) The Rensaissance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Robert McCrum was Editor-in-Chief of what publishing house from 1979-1996?

2. Johnson took on the established dictionaries of European language and decisively exceeded them through how many years of work?

3. Where was Shakespeare born and raised?

4. When did James I lead a council of bishops and Puritan divines to create the King James Bible?

5. Northern Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands produced their own language tree that divided into what and German?

(see the answer key)

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