The American Language Quiz Questions | Quiz: Chapter 4.4 | Chapter 4.5 to Chapter 5.1 | Chapter 5.2

Quiz: Chapter 4.4 | Chapter 4.5 to Chapter 5.1 | Chapter 5.2

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Circle the correct answer.

1. What is the English word for a collection of colleges?
a) A University.
b) A Maltin.
c) A Cardinal.
d) A Collegiate.

2. Which Founding Father coined the term "to belittle"?
a) Alexander Hamilton.
b) Thomas Jefferson.
c) Benjamin Franklin.
d) James Madison.

3. What ethnicity of people, through the influence of the mercantile class, is referred to by a different name in the United States than in England?
a) Jew/Hebrew.
b) White/Caucasian.
c) Latino/Hispanic.
d) Black/African American.

4. What class of Americans is most influenced by Briticisms, according to Mencken in Chapter 5.2?
a) The middle-class.
b) The vulgar.
c) The poor.
d) The fashionable.

5. What...
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