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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Pioneers! O Pioneers!.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Elizabeth become Queen of England?
(a) 1530.
(b) 1830.
(c) 1558.
(d) 1493.

2. When was Webster's Dictionary first published?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1828.
(c) 1809.
(d) 1779.

3. When did the First World War begin?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1909.

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

5. What was the first English-speaking official colony in North America?
(a) New Amsterdam.
(b) New Deutchland.
(c) New York.
(d) Newfoundland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mark Twain's real name?

2. The English language was formed through how many invasions?

3. The Act of Union in what year brought Ireland into the United Kingdom, and English administrators started to impose English on the people?

4. The Story of English was created alongside a nine-part television series for what network?

5. What author wrote Leaves of Grass?

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