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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 fundamental flaw of the democratic style of government?
(a) The people are not competent to govern themselves.
(b) There are simply too many intelligent people to decide between.
(c) Voting systems can never be 100% accurate.
(d) Over time, democracy resembles monarchy.

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

3. What is Mencken's opinion about the variety of political systems?
(a) All governments accomplish the same thing and there are very little differences.
(b) Different political systems accomplish vastly different things.
(c) Aristocracy is by far the worst form of government.
(d) Dictatorship is preferable to oligarchy.

4. What is Mencken's opinion of original Christians?
(a) They were vulgar cads without imagination.
(b) The historical record is so poor that Mencken cannot form an opinion.
(c) They were patriots, akin to the Founding Fathers.
(d) They were "men's men" and should be looked upon as examples.

5. What central critique does Mencken have for teachers of his day?
(a) They are given entirely too much respect in society.
(b) They simply teach, and leave it to students to figure out the lesson.
(c) They are overpaid and underworked.
(d) They too often making learning an automatic process.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rules American culture, according to Chapter 10?

2. Privately, politicians are what kind of people?

3. Which is NOT one of the qualities of Anglo-Saxons Mencken points to in Chapter 10?

4. Who derives several advantages from marriage?

5. Before democracy came to be, what did people believe this system of government to be?

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