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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. Mencken reports on a boxing with which famed boxer?
(a) Fireman Jim Flynn.
(b) Gene Tunney.
(c) Jack Dempsey.
(d) Gunboat Smith.

2. What is "one of the most valuable human possessions" according to Mencken in Chapter 16?
(a) Dignity.
(b) Spatial awareness.
(c) The reputation of being rich.
(d) The ability to do simple math.

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

4. What is the "average man's" opinion of government?
(a) The government is deceitful and contrary to his interests.
(b) The government is made up of people like him.
(c) The government is a source of great good.
(d) The government is an unknown phenomenon the average man knows nothing about.

5. What was "unusual" about Mr. Gray?
(a) He could not remember faces.
(b) He was electrocuted to death.
(c) He was a victim of leprosy.
(d) He refused to give his real name to Mencken.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Mencken meet Sister Aimee?

2. What quality makes for the best literary critic, according to Chapter 24?

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

4. Why does Mencken praise doctors in Chapter 16?

5. What was Mencken's opinion of New Deal programs?

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