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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. Why is the culture of the United States deficient, according to Chapter 10?
(a) The U.S. lacks a healthy skepticism for so-called artists.
(b) The U.S. lacks a sound monetary policy.
(c) The U.S. lacks a civilized aristocracy.
(d) The U.S. lacks social programs for the poor.

2. What is NOT one of the qualities of being a teacher according to Mencken?
(a) Being underpaid.
(b) Wearing oneself out to achieve the impossible.
(c) Having no respect.
(d) Being able to breeze through lessons and cut corners.

3. What is the worst job in the world, according to Chapter 17?
(a) Chiropractor.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Writer.
(d) Plumber.

4. What aspect of President Grant does Mencken admire?
(a) His military prowess.
(b) His oratorical prowess.
(c) His hard-living, genuine lifestyle.
(d) His reputation for a clean, corruption-free administration.

5. What is Mencken's hope for democracy?
(a) It may lead to monarchy someday.
(b) It is a self-limiting disease.
(c) It will finally deliver much-needed assistance to the poor.
(d) Mencken has absolutely no hope for democracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mencken unable to embrace democratic political theory, as he himself states it in Chapter 9?

2. What is the chief problem with political theorists?

3. What aspect of human nature fuels the democratic system of government?

4. Mencken sees that too often any discussion of suicide is rooted in what incorrect notion?

5. Why might "reflective and skeptical men" refrain from suicide?

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