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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.1 | Chapter 6.2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What moniker of currency has persisted in America despite having no currency properly of that name?
(a) Bill.
(b) Pence.
(c) Nickel.
(d) Penny.

2. What country's works dominated the reading habits of the American colonists in the latter 18th century?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) Germany.
(d) Denmark.

3. What is the English meaning of the phrase "to carry on"?
(a) To raise hell.
(b) To be on the job.
(c) To shoulder one's pack.
(d) To talk endlessly.

4. How many pages in "The King's English" are dedicated to explaining the distinction between "will" and "shall"?
(a) 15.
(b) 30.
(c) 20.
(d) 0.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what phrase did Benjamin Franklin, Noah Webster, and Robert Southey object as a base Americanism, as discussed in Chapter 2.3?

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

3. In what language did the American derivative "coyote" originate?

4. Which European language has exerted the most influence on the American language?

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

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