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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue, Next Year's Words.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term is also known as Irish English and is the dialect of English spoken in Ireland?
(a) Gaelic-English.
(b) Anglo-English.
(c) Hiberno-English.
(d) Irish-English.

2. When was Jonathan Swift born?
(a) 1695.
(b) 1675.
(c) 1595.
(d) 1667.

3. The Puritans were most highly concentrated where?
(a) East Anglia.
(b) Northumbria.
(c) Wessex.
(d) New Hampshire.

4. What British author of Gulliver's Travels is known for being a master of two styles of satire: the Horatian and Juvenalian styles?
(a) Daniel Webster.
(b) Samuel Johnson.
(c) Jonathan Swift.
(d) Mark Twain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Cockney, the "w" is often exchanged for what sound?

2. Bilingualism began in earnest in India in what year?

3. Robert McCrum describes the modulation of British RP to what in the Introduction?

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

5. Ulster is composed of how many counties?

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