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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.3 | Chapter 8.4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which impulse behind American imitation of English orthography is more influential?
(a) Compromise for cheaper printing.
(b) Affectation.
(c) Convenience.
(d) Anti-colonialism.

2. From which of the following have the English changed their spelling?
(a) Gramme.
(b) Develope.
(c) Kilogramme.
(d) Programme.

3. What American writer does Mencken claim likely inspired envy in British writers?
(a) Irving.
(b) Griswold.
(c) Fowler.
(d) Poe.

4. From what language does the English word "moose" come?
(a) Cherokee.
(b) Italian.
(c) English.
(d) Algonquin.

5. What purpose does Miss Wittmann say is served by the shortening of word forms?
(a) None.
(b) Color.
(c) Creativity.
(d) Convenience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word best describes the English attitude towards the adoption of foreign loan-words, in contrast to the American attitude?

2. Which is the first factor that Mencken identifies as an immediate impediment to the growth of the American language in Chapter 3.1?

3. Who "tries" a legal case in England?

4. How is the "portmanteau-word" formed?

5. In what location does Mencken say both the American and English orthographies flourish side by side?

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