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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. Who "tries" a legal case in England?
(a) The solicitor.
(b) The barrister.
(c) The judge.
(d) The jury.

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

3. What is the American substitute for the English word "tin"?
(a) Can.
(b) Dish.
(c) Cup.
(d) Bucket.

4. Who is the author of "Travels in North America," published in 1827?
(a) Basil Hall.
(b) Louis Untermeyer.
(c) Henry Alford.
(d) Charles Astor Bristed.

5. Which of the following groups of foreign immigrants does Mencken not attribute influence over American English in Chapter 6.4?
(a) Italians.
(b) South-Pacific Asian Islanders.
(c) Russian Jews.
(d) Slavic peoples.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the English "secondary school" correspond to in American?

2. Which of the following is a term used by philologists to indicate the "instinctive search, etymologically unsound, for short roots in long words"?

3. What word in common honorifics did Edwin S. Gould protest against omitting in 1867?

4. According to Chapter 8.4, what is the first impulse behind American imitation of English orthography?

5. From what language does the English word "moose" come?

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