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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To how many in number does the comparative adjective relate?
(a) Four or less.
(b) Two.
(c) Five or more.
(d) Three or more.

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

3. How many soldiers' names were presented to the House by Mr. Mondell in 1919?
(a) 43.
(b) 102.
(c) 182.
(d) 27.

4. Who proposed a generally accepted nomenclature for currency in 1785?
(a) Noah Webster.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Gouverneur Morris.
(d) Richard Grant White.

5. What does Mencken list as dominant the English alternative for the word "mail"?
(a) Post.
(b) Shipping.
(c) Letters.
(d) Postals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which European language has exerted the most influence on the American language?

2. To what phrase did Benjamin Franklin, Noah Webster, and Robert Southey object as a base Americanism, as discussed in Chapter 2.3?

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

4. What American writer does Mencken claim likely inspired envy in British writers?

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

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