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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 characterize the emotional state of most schoolboys?
(a) They are happy.
(b) They are murderously violent.
(c) They are eager to learn and curious.
(d) They are very sad.

2. Which is NOT one of the reasons Mencken praises George Washington?
(a) He enjoyed whiskey.
(b) He ignored the private morals of his neighbors.
(c) He scorned foreign entanglements.
(d) He was a pious man.

3. Before democracy came to be, what did people believe this system of government to be?
(a) A heavenly form of government.
(b) It was such a foreign concept, no one could really imagine it.
(c) They believed democracy was just another form of dictatorship.
(d) A wretched form of government that should not come to pass.

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

5. What is the relationship between Anglo-Saxons and civilization?
(a) Anglo-Saxons are the least civilized of all white people.
(b) Anglo-Saxons created civilization, and are its last bastion of hope.
(c) Anglo-Saxons choose to live outside civilization because they are morally superior.
(d) Anglo-Saxons are the most civilized of all white people.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which is NOT one of the features of the typical school day, as envisioned by Mencken?

3. What is NOT one of the qualities of being a teacher according to Mencken?

4. What is Mencken's opinion of romantic love?

5. What is the purpose of monogamy, according to Mencken?

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