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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. Privately, politicians are what kind of people?
(a) Charming individuals.
(b) Criminals.
(c) Exceedingly eccentric.
(d) Lying wretches.

2. Where did Mencken meet Sister Aimee?
(a) The San Diego Zoo.
(b) The offices of the Baltimore Sun.
(c) The Los Angeles Basilica.
(d) An Indian retreat.

3. In Chapter 23, Mencken attends a church service during the Scopes Monkey Trial. What is his impression of that service?
(a) He is shocked by its barbarism.
(b) He is pleased by its sense of decorum.
(c) He is outraged that they did not invite William Jennings Bryan.
(d) He is impressed with the sermon of the preacher.

4. What do men become once they accumulate wealth?
(a) More amorous.
(b) Stupider.
(c) Nicer.
(d) Stingier.

5. Which is NOT one of the negative effects Mencken mentions in regards to Prohibition?
(a) Only the poor have access to alcohol.
(b) Proliferation of bootleggers.
(c) Undermining of state revenues.
(d) More expensive alcohol.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, Mencken notes that there are too few books written about what subject?

2. Why does Mencken praise doctors in Chapter 16?

3. Who was the attorney on the side of the prosecution in the Scopes Monkey Trial?

4. What year did the New Deal programs begin?

5. Why does Mencken criticize the American Medical Association?

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