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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. According to Chapter 2.6, what regional pronunciation is erroneously thought by some to have superior authority regarding English pronunciation?
(a) New York.
(b) South-eastern.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Boston.

2. What is the English word for a collection of colleges?
(a) A University.
(b) A Maltin.
(c) A Collegiate.
(d) A Cardinal.

3. What is the American substitute for the English word "tin"?
(a) Bucket.
(b) Dish.
(c) Cup.
(d) Can.

4. Which London newspaper lamented the "menace" that American movies offer to the purity of the English language?
(a) The <i>Daily Herald</i>.
(b) The <i>Illustrated London News</i>.
(c) The <i>Daily News</i>.
(d) The <i>Times</i>.

5. What does the English "secondary school" correspond to in American?
(a) College.
(b) High school.
(c) Elementary school.
(d) Middle school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who "tries" a legal case in England?

2. How many dialects dominate American English, according to Chapter 1.5?

3. What does Mencken state is neglected by those who are professional trained to investigate it?

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

5. What "great humorist" does Mencken cite in Chapter 1.3 as "celebrating 'the vigorous new vernacular of the occidental plains and mountains'"?

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