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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. Why does Mencken criticize the American Medical Association?
(a) For making it too easy to become a doctor.
(b) For supporting a bunch of quack science.
(c) For turning down his membership application.
(d) For making it too difficult to become a doctor.

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

3. How does Mencken react to a religious ceremony inside a basilica, as he recounts in Chapter 15?
(a) With disgust.
(b) With indifference.
(c) With joy.
(d) With intellectual curiosity.

4. Sister Aimee was an evangelist in what branch of Christian religion?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Baptist.
(c) Scientologist.
(d) Methodist.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the attorney on the side of the defense in the Scopes Monkey Trial?

2. What BEST characterizes Mencken's view of the townspeople involved in the Scopes Monkey Trial?

3. Where did the Scopes Monkey Trial take place?

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

5. What is Mencken's opinion about the variety of political systems?

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