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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What language does Mencken quote Sidney Low as saying is not taught to English youth?
(a) Russian.
(b) Greek.
(c) Latin.
(d) American.

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

3. What word in American is used for the English word "shoe?"
(a) Footing.
(b) Sandal.
(c) Boot.
(d) Slipper.

4. Which London newspaper lamented the "menace" that American movies offer to the purity of the English language?
(a) The <i>Illustrated London News</i>.
(b) The <i>Daily News</i>.
(c) The <i>Daily Herald</i>.
(d) The <i>Times</i>.

5. What word did Webster argue should have its vowel sound changed to "ee" instead of "eh"?
(a) Beer.
(b) Deaf.
(c) Beef.
(d) Heft.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what location does Mencken say both the American and English orthographies flourish side by side?

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

3. Into what was the French surname "Beauchamp" translated in America?

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

5. Which of the following did the African slaves NOT introduce to American English?

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