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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.2 | Chapter 9.3.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the English meaning of the Hawaiian word "lanai"?
(a) Balcony.
(b) Garage.
(c) Bathroom.
(d) Porch.
2. In what year did the National Education Association withdraw from the campaign for simplified spelling?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1907.
3. What word best describes the English attitude towards the adoption of foreign loan-words, in contrast to the American attitude?
(a) Accepting.
(b) Liberal.
(c) Conservative.
(d) Tolerating.
4. What does Mencken say, in colloquial American, has obliterated the verb?
(a) Vulgar speech.
(b) Over-regulation.
(c) The auxiliary.
(d) Illiteracy.
5. What English word does the author of "Men and Manners" lament about the American re-signification?
(a) College.
(b) Clever.
(c) Buttock.
(d) Missionary.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does John S. Farmer describe the Western vernacular as being?
2. Which organization produced a prospectus in 1913 that warned against extreme English conservatism in the spelling of foreign loan-words?
3. What is the physical basis to which the nasal twang of Americans is ascribed?
4. How do the English pronounce the first syllable in "lieutenant"?
5. Which of the following did the African slaves NOT introduce to American English?
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