The American Language Quiz

H. L. Mencken

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Introduction

Author Biography

Plot Summary

+Chapters Summary and Analysis

Chapter 1.1

Chapter 1.2

Chapter 1.3

Chapter 1.4

Chapter 1.5

Chapter 1.6

Chapter 2.1

Chapter 2.2

Chapter 2.3

Chapter 2.4

Chapter 2.5

Chapter 2.6

Chapter 3.1

Chapter 3.2

Chapter 3.3

Chapter 3.4

Chapter 3.5

Chapter 4.1

Chapter 4.2

Chapter 4.3

Chapter 4.4

Chapter 4.5

Chapter 5.1

Chapter 5.2

Chapter 6.1

Chapter 6.2

Chapter 6.3

Chapter 6.4

Chapter 7.1

Chapter 7.2

Chapter 8.1

Chapter 8.2

Chapter 8.3

Chapter 8.4

Chapter 8.5

Chapter 8.6

Chapter 8.7

Chapter 9.1

Chapter 9.2

Chapter 9.3

Chapter 9.4

Chapter 9.5

Chapter 9.6

Chapter 9.7

Chapter 9.8

Chapter 9.9

Chapter 9.10

Chapter 10.1

Chapter 10.2

Chapter 10.3

Chapter 10.4

Chapter 11.1

Chapter 11.2

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Characters

Themes

Style

Historical Context

Critical Overview

+Essays

Topics for Further Study

Compare and Contrast

What Do I Read Next?

Further Study

Bibliography

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The American Language Quiz

The American Language Quiz

In what year did Noah Webster die? (from Chapter 8.1)

Which phrase did Oliver Wendell Holmes use to describe the state of the person who makes use of slang? (from Chapter 11.1)

Who was responsible for the endowment to the Simplified Spelling Board? (from Chapter 8.5)

Which adjectival prefix does Mencken state is confined to the more sophisticated classes? (from Chapter 9.6)

Lounsbury is reported as saying that, "The history of language, when looked at from the purely grammatical point of view, is little else than the history of" what? (from Chapter 9.2)