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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 is a simplified language that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups that do not have a language in common?
(a) Simple.
(b) Pidgin.
(c) Common.
(d) Average.

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

3. Global English is either British or what?
(a) Colonialized.
(b) Eastern.
(c) Western.
(d) American.

4. The establishment of what was an important moment for English as word choices had to be made for standard broadcasting?
(a) BBC.
(b) NBC.
(c) PBS.
(d) CBS.

5. How many people spoke English in Shakespeare's time?
(a) 5-7 million.
(b) 3-4 million.
(c) 10-15 million.
(d) 8-10 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the four provinces of Ireland, located in the north of the island?

2. What is considered the highest level of standardization of English, according to the authors in Chapter 1, An English-Speaking World?

3. What style of music was the invention of the Scots-Irish?

4. Who is Scotland's most celebrated poet?

5. What committee was formed to make decisions regarding standard English pronunciation for broadcasting in England?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the authors write of the advances from broadcasting on English in Chapter 1, An English-Speaking World?

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

3. What myths do the authors dispel about the English language in Chapter 1, An English-Speaking World?

4. When did Julius Caesar invade the Celts? What was the result?

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

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

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

8. What is notable about the standardization of English throughout history? What examples do the authors give in Chapter 1, An English-Speaking World?

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

10. What cultural wars and battles helped to create the English language, according to the authors in Chapter 2, The Mother Tongue?

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