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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Mencken, the name of what game puzzles etymologists?
(a) Badminton.
(b) Whist.
(c) Football.
(d) Poker.

2. According to the study of E.J. Hills, how many descriptive adjectives are possessed by the average child of two?
(a) 23.
(b) 72.
(c) 59.
(d) 173.

3. Who was responsible for the endowment to the Simplified Spelling Board?
(a) Horace Hart.
(b) Adrian Knox.
(c) Andrew Carnegie.
(d) Noah Webster.

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

5. According to Mencken, the English opposition to American spelling transcends the academic and takes on the character of what?
(a) The patriotic.
(b) The ethical.
(c) The political.
(d) The religious.

Short Answer Questions

1. As what part of speech does vulgar American consider the word "self" within the spirit of the language?

2. What "Anglomaniac affectation" did Noah Webster sneer at in 1789?

3. What does Mencken say newspaper reporters no longer "slobber" over?

4. Who is the author of "Travels in North America," published in 1827?

5. Which of the following did the African slaves NOT introduce to American English?

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