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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Statesmen, Chapter 14, American Immortals.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 7, Mencken notes that there are too few books written about what subject?
(a) Death.
(b) True crime.
(c) Taxes.
(d) Women.

2. What does the "metaphysical" type of person inevitably do?
(a) Becomes paralyzed with fear over the enormity of the universe.
(b) Demands to know what you mean, even when it is obvious.
(c) Tips their hat for no reason.
(d) Begs for spare change.

3. At what event did Mencken first personally encounter William Jennings Bryan?
(a) The Scopes Monkey trial.
(b) The funeral of Grover Cleveland.
(c) The 1912 Democratic National Convention.
(d) Bryan's congressional trial for corruption.

4. What does Mencken believe about the concept of evil?
(a) Evil is real, and exists all around us.
(b) Evil is the reason why children are born.
(c) Evil is just another word for good; it's all relative.
(d) Evil is a made-up term, and does not really exist.

5. Who does Mencken dub "The Lady of Joy"?
(a) The Virgin Mary.
(b) His wife.
(c) The happily married woman.
(d) A prostitute.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before democracy came to be, what did people believe this system of government to be?

2. How does Mencken characterize a woman's level of civility?

3. Which is NOT one of the qualities of Anglo-Saxons Mencken points to in Chapter 10?

4. What was the goal of early democratists?

5. What subject does Mencken begin his volume with?

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