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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.1 | Chapter 6.2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Benjamin Franklin, what was roughly the population of the colonies in 1751?
(a) 50,000,000
(b) 10,000,000
(c) 500,000
(d) 1,000,000

2. How many classifications of Americanisms does Bartlett postulate in his 1859 dictionary?
(a) Four.
(b) Nine.
(c) Forty-two.
(d) Three.

3. What language does Mencken quote Sidney Low as saying is not taught to English youth?
(a) Greek.
(b) Latin.
(c) Russian.
(d) American.

4. According to Mencken, the name of what game puzzles etymologists?
(a) Whist.
(b) Football.
(c) Poker.
(d) Badminton.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the American substitute for the English word "tin"?

2. What American writer does Mencken claim likely inspired envy in British writers?

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

4. What English word does the author of "Men and Manners" lament about the American re-signification?

5. What "Anglomaniac affectation" did Noah Webster sneer at in 1789?

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