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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where was Shakespeare born and raised?
2. Scots is one of the oldest and most interesting varieties of English dating back to which centuries?
3. 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?
4. Robert McCrum was Editor-in-Chief of what publishing house from 1979-1996?
5. Whose followers are known as Lollards, a somewhat rebellious movement, which preached anticlerical and biblically-centered reforms?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the authors write of the Puritans in Chapter 2, The Mother Tongue? Where were they located?
2. What managed to diminish the number of dialects in Great Britain?
3. When did James I come to the British throne? What major impact did he have on the English language?
4. What do the authors preface regarding the style of the text in their Introduction?
5. What myths relating to the English language do the authors hope to dispel, according to the Introduction?
6. What is the difficulty of explaining sounds of language, according to the authors? What resources can help the reader in grasping dialect?
7. When did the Scottish dialect fall into decline? What led to its standardization?
8. What myths do the authors dispel about the English language in Chapter 1, An English-Speaking World?
9. Who was William Shakespeare and what impact did he have on the English language?
10. What is notable about the standardization of English throughout history? What examples do the authors give in Chapter 1, An English-Speaking World?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the success of the English language in spreading throughout the world. What examples do the authors give in Chapter 1, An English-Speaking World for the history of success of the English language?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the origins of the English language. When do linguists believe the first traces of what we know as English today appear in history? Where?
Essay Topic 3
What was notable about the first edition of The Story of English? What was it published alongside? What was the public reaction to the linguists' assertions?
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