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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. How does Mencken describe Oliver Wendell Holmes?
(a) He was a completely inept United States Senator.
(b) He was a tool of conservative fuddy-duddies.
(c) He was a tool of liberal elites.
(d) He was a brilliant reasoner.

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

3. What do most women think of their husbands according to Mencken?
(a) Women fear and loathe their husbands.
(b) Women are indifferent to their husbands and use them as mere tools.
(c) Women pity their husbands and consider them asses.
(d) Women love and respect their husbands.

4. Which politician does Mencken refer to as "a good man in a bad trade"?
(a) William Jennings Bryan.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Grover Cleveland.
(d) George Washington.

5. Why is Mencken unable to embrace democratic political theory, as he himself states it in Chapter 9?
(a) He is incapable of being envious of others.
(b) He is simply too cultured and sophisticated.
(c) He is morally superior to democrats.
(d) He is not poor, and so cannot see democracy's benefits.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How would George Washington fare in today's political climate?

3. Privately, politicians are what kind of people?

4. What does Mencken believe about Freudianism?

5. What kind of promises do politicians make?

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