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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. Who is the author of "Dissertations on the English Language"?
(a) H.L. Mencken.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Noah Webster.
(d) Benjamin Franklin.

2. According to the report of Beverley, what did a group of soldiers turn into after eating some Jimson Weed?
(a) Fools.
(b) Zombies.
(c) Corpses.
(d) Somnambulists.

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

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

5. To what phrase did Benjamin Franklin, Noah Webster, and Robert Southey object as a base Americanism, as discussed in Chapter 2.3?
(a) To indulge.
(b) To process.
(c) To advocate.
(d) Free endorsement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mencken claims that Noah Webster contains less of the scientific inquirer and more of what?

2. What word does Mencken find Dr. John Dewey using in place of the word "opium?"

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

4. What term did John Witherspoon coin, framing it within the context of vulgarity?

5. Whose clarity of prevision does Mencken praise in the opening of Chapter 1.1?

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