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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 brilliant reasoner.
(b) He was a completely inept United States Senator.
(c) He was a tool of liberal elites.
(d) He was a tool of conservative fuddy-duddies.

2. Why does Mencken admire John D. Rockefeller?
(a) For his political acumen.
(b) For his business prowess.
(c) For his larger-than-life lifestyle.
(d) For his research foundations.

3. Which is NOT one of the features of the typical school day, as envisioned by Mencken?
(a) The school day is boring and sad.
(b) Schoolboys deal with adults (teachers) they have great respect for.
(c) For stimulation, schoolboys try to talk to other schoolboys and only get punished for it.
(d) Learning is a largely automatic process.

4. What kind of test does Mencken believe teachers should have to pass prior to teaching?
(a) An IQ test.
(b) An SAT test.
(c) A speech test.
(d) A test of general world knowledge.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of men does a democracy produce?

2. What "call" does Mencken make to America's poets in Chapter 7?

3. What was the goal of early democratists?

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

5. In "female novels," how are males portrayed according to Mencken?

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