The American Language Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 131 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The American Language Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 131 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what parts of language does Mencken say the "chief grammatical peculiarities" of spoken English are found?
(a) Nouns and participles.
(b) Adverbs and adjectives.
(c) Nouns and prepositions.
(d) Verbs and pronouns.

2. According to Mencken, which of the following does "one American professor of English" predict will become a spelling form of the future?
(a) Socks.
(b) Fotograf.
(c) Tyre.
(d) Cigar.

3. In what century did Americans begin to rebel against the capitalization trends dominant in England?
(a) The nineteenth.
(b) The eighteenth.
(c) The seventeenth.
(d) The twentieth.

4. What purpose does the double negative primarily serve?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Rhetorical circuitry.
(c) Syntactical compactness.
(d) Reinforcement.

5. Which of the following did the African slaves NOT introduce to American English?
(a) Banjo.
(b) Goober.
(c) Voodoo.
(d) Gumbo.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what country does the English correspondent in Chapter 4.5 ascribe many American expletives?

2. What is the principal reason Mencken states that the English language has not greatly diverged since the foundation of the United States of America?

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

4. What is the English meaning of the phrase "to carry on"?

5. What is the universal substitute for the word "ye" as described in Chapter 6.2?

(see the answer key)

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