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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Mencken, the English opposition to American spelling transcends the academic and takes on the character of what?
(a) The patriotic.
(b) The religious.
(c) The ethical.
(d) The political.

2. Who protested the adoption of the broad "a" in an 1857 work entitled "The Autocrat at the Breakfast Table"?
(a) Noah Webster.
(b) Oliver Wendell Holmes.
(c) Richard Meade Bache.
(d) Frank H. Vizetelly.

3. How do the English pronounce the first syllable in "lieutenant"?
(a) Lee-oo.
(b) Left.
(c) Loo.
(d) Yeift.

4. In what dialect of English is "slick" used synonymously with "sleek" according to Chapter 9.10?
(a) South African.
(b) English.
(c) American.
(d) Australian.

5. What sound did Webster object to inserting in words such as "gradual" and "nature," before the "u"?
(a) Y.
(b) Ch.
(c) Dh.
(d) T.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which London newspaper lamented the "menace" that American movies offer to the purity of the English language?

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

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

5. Who "tries" a legal case in England?

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