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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, The Echoes of an English Voice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did the English Reformation begin?
(a) 1534.
(b) 1598.
(c) 1601.
(d) 1555.

2. In what decade did a rebellious side of black liberation come together in New Orleans?
(a) 1850s.
(b) 1870s.
(c) 1950s.
(d) 1780s.

3. When was Ivanhoe written?
(a) 1803.
(b) 1695.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1819.

4. Irish culture is a mixture of Celtic and what?
(a) Germanic.
(b) East Indian.
(c) Anglo-Saxon.
(d) New World.

5. Many Canadians use what instead of the American "zee"?
(a) Cee.
(b) Vee.
(c) Zepha.
(d) Zed.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was William Shakespeare born?

2. 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?

3. The culture of Ireland rose to a high point in what century?

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

5. How many people spoke English in Shakespeare's time?

(see the answer key)

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