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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the first successful English settlement on the mainland of North America?
(a) Washington D.C.
(b) Cooperstown.
(c) New York.
(d) Jamestown.

2. By what year were nearly half of the English literate, according to Chapter 3, A Muse of Fire?
(a) 1550.
(b) 1400.
(c) 1500.
(d) 1600.

3. Which of the early Germanic tribes lived in Northern Germany?
(a) Frisii.
(b) Buchi.
(c) Celti.
(d) Anglii.

4. Old English has barely how many Celtic words?
(a) 12.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 10.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. James VI of Scotland became James I of England in what year?

2. After World War II, which national economy sent multinational corporations across the world and into NATO and the UN?

3. Who is Scotland's most celebrated poet?

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

5. Johnson traveled through where at the dawn of the Enlightenment of Hume, Smith, Burns, and Telford?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which group of Scots first spoke English? Where did it arrive from?

2. What do the authors preface regarding the style of the text in their Introduction?

3. What do the authors of The Story of English rely upon to relate the history of the English language?

4. What impact did the printing press and the scientific revolution have on the English language?

5. What do the authors assert is the common ancestry of all languages? What happened to most of them?

6. Samuel Johnson's dictionary had what impact on the Scottish dialect? What were Johnson's experiences in Scotland?

7. What did James I do to reduce the rule of Celtic chiefs in Ulster?

8. What impact did the invasion of the Anglo-Saxons have on the Celtic language? Why?

9. What time frame is embodied by the Elizabethan period? What advances took place in English during this time?

10. What examples do the authors give in Chapter 1, An English-Speaking World for the history of success of the English language?

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