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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.1 | Chapter 3.2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Mencken, what did the first generations born in the New World value as a virtue over enterprise and resourcefulness?
(a) Niceness.
(b) Ingenuity.
(c) Courage.
(d) Temperance.

2. To what continent does Mencken attribute the acknowledgment of the differences between American and British English?
(a) Asia.
(b) North America.
(c) South America.
(d) Europe.

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

4. According to Mencken at the beginning of Chapter 1.3, what do the novelists and newspapermen on either side of the Atlantic ocean delight in?
(a) Publishing.
(b) Localisms.
(c) Travel.
(d) Intercommunication.

5. According to Benjamin Franklin, what was roughly the population of the colonies in 1751?
(a) 50,000,000
(b) 10,000,000
(c) 1,000,000
(d) 500,000

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What English word does the author of "Men and Manners" lament about the American re-signification?

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

5. Which letter of the alphabet do Americans differ in pronunciation from other English-speaking countries?

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