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

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

3. What is the English meaning of the Hawaiian word "lanai"?
(a) Porch.
(b) Balcony.
(c) Bathroom.
(d) Garage.

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

5. Which of the early presidents does Mencken identify as archetypal of the new American?
(a) Andrew Jackson.
(b) James Monroe.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) George Washington.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the American substitute for the English word "tin"?

4. According to the tale spread by William Gifford, what language was supposed to be substituted for English during the Revolutionary War?

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

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