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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. How many quotations were in the original Dictionary of the English Language?
2. Where was Shakespeare born and raised?
3. Robert McCrum writes in the Introduction, "Language, we know, is in ceaseless ____."
4. Tyndale translated the Bible from Greek in what year?
5. Which of the early Germanic tribes lived in Northern Germany?
Short Essay Questions
1. What managed to diminish the number of dialects in Great Britain?
2. What time frame is embodied by the Elizabethan period? What advances took place in English during this time?
3. What examples do the authors give in Chapter 1, An English-Speaking World for the history of success of the English language?
4. What did James I do to reduce the rule of Celtic chiefs in Ulster?
5. Samuel Johnson's dictionary had what impact on the Scottish dialect? What were Johnson's experiences in Scotland?
6. What became of the Germanic tribes described in Chapter 2, The Mother Tongue? Where did they spread?
7. What do the authors write of the Puritans in Chapter 2, The Mother Tongue? Where were they located?
8. Who was William Shakespeare and what impact did he have on the English language?
9. What do the authors preface regarding the style of the text in their Introduction?
10. Which group of Scots first spoke English? Where did it arrive from?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss and describe the different regions in America and the accents, history, people, and culture of each.
Essay Topic 2
Describe Daniel Webster's political views and how these influenced his dictionary. What political parties was Webster associated with? What political reactions resulted from the standardization of American English?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the differences between Jamaica and other islands and lands which were conquered or colonized by Great Britain. What were the effects of colonization in the different regions? Why?
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