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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19, Science, Chapter 20, Quackery.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did morality come to be, according to Mencken?
(a) Morality is the product of the woman's insidious influence over man.
(b) Morality is a creation of the Christian church.
(c) Morality evolved from social practices required to survive.
(d) Morality evolved from the innate sense of right and wrong in children.

3. What period in history does Mencken refer to as "New Deal No. 1"?
(a) North Africa in the 1900s.
(b) France in the 1840s.
(c) America in the 1770s.
(d) Britain in the 1910s.

4. Which politician does Mencken refer to as "a good man in a bad trade"?
(a) Grover Cleveland.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) George Washington.
(d) William Jennings Bryan.

5. What is the chief problem with political theorists?
(a) They hate politics in general.
(b) They attempt to dignify the political order of their day.
(c) They have little sense of history.
(d) They are too antagonistic to the current political system.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 16, which political system is responsible for the majority of civilization as we know it?

2. What does democracy ruin, according to Mencken?

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

4. Who is the "ideal citizen of Christendom" according to Chapter 3?

5. Privately, politicians are what kind of people?

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