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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. What use of storage was added to the American meaning of the word "barn?"
(a) Cattle.
(b) Crops.
(c) Horses.
(d) Chickens.

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

3. What is the second characteristic that Mencken attributes to American English in Chapter 1.5?
(a) Translatability to British English.
(b) Resistance to neologisms.
(c) Disregard of rule and precedent.
(d) Disunity of regional dialects.

4. Which defender of Americanisms cited by Mencken in Chapter 1.3 states that "Language is made by the people"?
(a) Edgar Jepson.
(b) George Ade.
(c) William Archer.
(d) Richard Aldington.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who proposed a generally accepted nomenclature for currency in 1785?

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

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

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