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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23, Souvenirs of a Journalist, Chapter 24, Criticism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Mencken meet Sister Aimee?
(a) An Indian retreat.
(b) The Los Angeles Basilica.
(c) The offices of the Baltimore Sun.
(d) The San Diego Zoo.

2. Sister Aimee was an evangelist in what branch of Christian religion?
(a) Scientologist.
(b) Methodist.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Baptist.

3. What was Mencken's opinion of New Deal programs?
(a) They were theoretically dubious, but worked okay in practice.
(b) They imbued average Americans with a rugged individual spirit.
(c) They were disastrous in practice.
(d) They were great boons to mankind.

4. Who was the attorney on the side of the prosecution in the Scopes Monkey Trial?
(a) Clarence Darrow.
(b) William Jennings Bryan.
(c) Andrew Still.
(d) Theodore Veblen.

5. What is the subject of Chapter 7?
(a) Taxes.
(b) Quackery.
(c) Classical composers.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Roosevelt's team of political advisers popularly called?

2. What do men become once they accumulate wealth?

3. What BEST characterizes Mencken's view of the townspeople involved in the Scopes Monkey Trial?

4. What is the chief problem with political theorists?

5. Which president did Charles Joseph Bonaparte work for?

(see the answer key)

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