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What Is An American "I can’t make you out, "Herry James has Mrs. Tristram say to the Ameri- can," whether you are very simple or very deep. "This is a (1) _____ [1] _. which has confronted Europeans. What is it then that makes Americans (2)__ wherever they go [2] _. We hope it is not the unpleasant impression made by some tourists. Americans carry an appearance which is more a result of attitude than of clothing. This attitude combines a lack of class (3) __ , an optimism [3] _. and an inquisitiveness. Also a liking for facts and figures, an (4) _ , [4] _. and above all a desire to be friendly. Americans are a (5)___ people. They work like mad then give a- [5] _. way what they earn. They play until they are exhausted, and call this a (6) [6] _. .They like to think of themselves as average men. They tell each other "Take it easy", while always rushing off like cra- zy. They crowd their highways with cars while complaining about the traffic, [7] _. (7) _ to movies while (8) _ about the quality, go to church but [8] _. don’t care much for (9)_, and drink too much, only stimulated to [9] ___. bigger dreams. There is, of course, no (10)_ American. But if you added them [10] ___. all together and then divided by its total number they would look like what this chapter portrays.

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