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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Democracy, Chapter 10, Americans.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the culture of the United States deficient, according to Chapter 10?
(a) The U.S. lacks social programs for the poor.
(b) The U.S. lacks a sound monetary policy.
(c) The U.S. lacks a healthy skepticism for so-called artists.
(d) The U.S. lacks a civilized aristocracy.

2. What is Mencken's opinion about the variety of political systems?
(a) Different political systems accomplish vastly different things.
(b) Dictatorship is preferable to oligarchy.
(c) Aristocracy is by far the worst form of government.
(d) All governments accomplish the same thing and there are very little differences.

3. How does Mencken characterize a woman's level of civility?
(a) Women are relatively uncivilized.
(b) Women do not submit to civilization and must be coerced.
(c) Women are much more civilized than men.
(d) Women have created their own civilization quite distinct from men.

4. What is Mencken's belief about crime?
(a) Crime is impossible in aristocratic circles.
(b) Crime is primarily a product of capitalist society.
(c) Crime is primarily a legal invention.
(d) Crime is primarily a social invention.

5. Which is NOT one of the qualities of Anglo-Saxons Mencken points to in Chapter 10?
(a) Self-congratulatory.
(b) Pure blooded.
(c) Yearning to constantly improve.
(d) Rational and free of superstition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subject of Chapter 7?

2. What is the purpose of monogamy, according to Mencken?

3. What is Mencken's belief about morality?

4. What does Mencken believe about the universality of morality?

5. What do most women think of their husbands according to Mencken?

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