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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. What term did John Witherspoon coin, framing it within the context of vulgarity?
(a) Anglophile.
(b) Americanism.
(c) Scientist.
(d) Briticism.

2. What does John S. Farmer describe the Western vernacular as being?
(a) Irreverent and irrelevant.
(b) Flippant and pointless.
(c) Dry and prolonged.
(d) Racy and pungent.

3. According to Mencken, what did the first generations born in the New World value as a virtue over enterprise and resourcefulness?
(a) Temperance.
(b) Courage.
(c) Ingenuity.
(d) Niceness.

4. According to Mencken, democratic government is essentially government by whom?
(a) Amateurs.
(b) The working class.
(c) Businessmen.
(d) Politicians.

5. What word did Webster argue should have its vowel sound changed to "ee" instead of "eh"?
(a) Beer.
(b) Heft.
(c) Beef.
(d) Deaf.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who proposed a generally accepted nomenclature for currency in 1785?

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

4. What notable author was the first Englishman to carry Americanisms successfully back to his home?

5. According to Mencken, the name of what game puzzles etymologists?

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