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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, Pedagogy, Chapter 18, Psychology.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the subject of Chapter 7?
(a) Taxes.
(b) Death.
(c) Quackery.
(d) Classical composers.

2. What kind of men does a democracy produce?
(a) Depressing men full of nostalgia.
(b) Stupid men who can barely master the multiplication tables.
(c) Noble, confident men who do not envy others.
(d) Energetic men with too much time on their hands.

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

4. What is the purpose of monogamy, according to Mencken?
(a) Marriage serves to protect society from itself.
(b) Marriage serves to enhance and legitimize passion.
(c) Marriage serves to kill and restrain passion.
(d) Marriage serves to emphasize romantic love.

5. Mencken compares Theodore Roosevelt's political ideas to which other politician's?
(a) Germany's Kaiser.
(b) England's Queen.
(c) A Japanese feudal lord.
(d) The United State's William Jennings Bryan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mencken see as the problem with contemporary Protestantism?

2. What is Mencken's opinion of original Christians?

3. What is Mencken's assessment of Abraham Lincoln?

4. What do most women think of their husbands according to Mencken?

5. What is the chief problem with political theorists?

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