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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. Ulster is composed of how many counties?
(a) 9.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 5.

2. The English language in Ireland is still _____ and non-standardized, according to Robert McCrum.
(a) Ruralized.
(b) Structured.
(c) Elizabethan.
(d) Heightened.

3. In order to find early Black American English, one must travel to the American South, especially Charlestown and where?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Georgia.

4. Daniel Webster was a leader in what political party?
(a) Labor.
(b) Republican.
(c) Whigs.
(d) Tories.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the American Civil War begin?

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

3. When did Jamaica regain complete independence?

4. Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania speak what primary language?

5. How many Germans have emigrated to the United States since 1776?

Short Essay Questions

1. How many Americans are of Irish descent? What association do Westerners have with Ireland's history?

2. What do the authors attribute to Ireland's unique inflections and word stresses in dialect?

3. How did Black English develop in the American South? When did Black English begin to appear in literature?

4. How has English developed among African nations?

5. Where is the Irish language preserved in the New World? Where did the Irish immigrate to in America?

6. Where was the slave trade centered in England? How did blacks and whites communicate?

7. What effect did World War II have on the Cockney language? What other world events affected it?

8. What do the authors assert has changed in the way Black English is viewed in recent times?

9. When and how did Australian English develop?

10. Following the domination of the Irish by England, what splits arose over religion?

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