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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.3 | Chapter 2.4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mencken state is neglected by those who are professional trained to investigate it?
(a) The vulgate.
(b) Philological anomalies.
(c) Idiosyncrasies.
(d) Formal grammar.

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

3. How many classifications of Americanisms does Gilbert M. Tucker provide in 1921?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Two.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Twenty.

4. What event does Mencken credit with strengthening the obfuscation of distinction between American and British English?
(a) The French Revolution.
(b) The bombing of London.
(c) The advent of the transatlantic telephone line.
(d) The First World War.

5. Mencken claims that Noah Webster contains less of the scientific inquirer and more of what?
(a) The erudite fool.
(b) The philological traditionalist.
(c) The teacher.
(d) The father.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what continent does Mencken attribute the acknowledgment of the differences between American and British English?

2. How many classifications of Americanisms does Bartlett postulate in his 1859 dictionary?

3. Which Founding Father is said to have sought to establish a new American alphabet?

4. What use of storage was added to the American meaning of the word "barn?"

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

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