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

2. According to Chapter 8.4, what is the first impulse behind American imitation of English orthography?
(a) Anti-colonialism.
(b) Convenience.
(c) Compromise for cheaper printing.
(d) Affectation.

3. What American writer does Mencken claim likely inspired envy in British writers?
(a) Poe.
(b) Griswold.
(c) Irving.
(d) Fowler.

4. Which impulse behind American imitation of English orthography is more influential?
(a) Anti-colonialism.
(b) Convenience.
(c) Compromise for cheaper printing.
(d) Affectation.

5. What word in common honorifics did Edwin S. Gould protest against omitting in 1867?
(a) Most.
(b) Very.
(c) The.
(d) Right.

Short Answer Questions

1. What purpose does Miss Wittmann say is served by the shortening of word forms?

2. According to Mencken, which title is subject to the greatest divergence in usage?

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

4. Who is the author of "Travels in North America," published in 1827?

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

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