The Story of English
10 questions on chapter 5
1. Heaney, Beckett, Joyce, Wilde and Swift all contributed to Ireland’s literary achievement.
2. Henry VIII was the first English monarch to visit Ireland.
3. In Ireland the pronunciation of the letter <h> is used to determine if a person is a Catholic or a Protestant.
4. Irish people are reluctant to say “yes” and “no”. .
5. Malapropisms are statements by the Irish politician Malaprop.
6. Many Irish people rhyme words like “obey” and “tea” and “way” and “sea”.
7. The Act of Union of 1803 made Ireland part of the United Kingdom.
8. The novelist J.M. Synge was much influenced by Irish English.
9. The Playboy of the Western World was an Irish magazine for men.
10. The speech of Liverpool and Merseyside was strongly influenced by Irish immigrants.
