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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.3 | Chapter 8.4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the "portmanteau-word" formed?
(a) By finding the true root in the word.
(b) By blending two words.
(c) By mixing parts of words with the same meaning in different languages.
(d) By onomatopoeic creativity.

2. What English word does the author of "Men and Manners" lament about the American re-signification?
(a) Missionary.
(b) Clever.
(c) Buttock.
(d) College.

3. From which of the following have the English changed their spelling?
(a) Develope.
(b) Gramme.
(c) Kilogramme.
(d) Programme.

4. In what location does Mencken say both the American and English orthographies flourish side by side?
(a) Hong Kong.
(b) New England.
(c) Australia.
(d) Canada.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mencken, the English opposition to American spelling transcends the academic and takes on the character of what?

2. Which 1914 English dictionary made many important concessions to American spellings?

3. Which European language has exerted the most influence on the American language?

4. Which of the following groups of foreign immigrants does Mencken not attribute influence over American English in Chapter 6.4?

5. What word best describes the English attitude towards the adoption of foreign loan-words, in contrast to the American attitude?

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