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

2. Who is the author of "Travels in North America," published in 1827?
(a) Charles Astor Bristed.
(b) Louis Untermeyer.
(c) Henry Alford.
(d) Basil Hall.

3. What language does Mencken quote Sidney Low as saying is not taught to English youth?
(a) Latin.
(b) American.
(c) Greek.
(d) Russian.

4. Which is the second factor that Mencken identifies as an impediment to the growth of the American language in Chapter 3.1?
(a) Lack of a national literature.
(b) Territorial expansiveness.
(c) Regional diversity.
(d) Political disharmony.

5. Which is the first factor that Mencken identifies as an immediate impediment to the growth of the American language in Chapter 3.1?
(a) Lack of a national literature.
(b) Territorial expansiveness.
(c) Regional diversity.
(d) Political disharmony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event does Mencken credit with strengthening the obfuscation of distinction between American and British English?

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

3. What does John S. Farmer describe the Western vernacular as being?

4. According to the tale spread by William Gifford, what language was supposed to be substituted for English during the Revolutionary War?

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

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