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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Death, Chapter 8, Government.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the "altruist" motivated by?
(a) Being uncomfortable with unhappy people around him or her.
(b) A selfish sense of self-worth.
(c) Out and out greed.
(d) A divine inspiration.

2. How does Mencken define government?
(a) A conspiracy against superior men.
(b) A war on the poor.
(c) A collection of the looniest among us.
(d) A dozen men who can't do anything right.

3. How has Mencken organized his book?
(a) By date.
(b) By length.
(c) By subject.
(d) By author.

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

5. What subject does Mencken begin his volume with?
(a) The nature of man.
(b) The horrors of the carnival.
(c) The mysteries of women.
(d) The automobile.

Short Answer Questions

1. Privately, politicians are what kind of people?

2. What does the "romantic" type of person inevitably do?

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

4. What is the proper function of punishment for crimes?

5. What "call" does Mencken make to America's poets in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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