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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 does democracy ruin, according to Mencken?
(a) Individual greatness.
(b) Common sense.
(c) Wealth.
(d) The means of production.

2. What is the chief problem with political theorists?
(a) They attempt to dignify the political order of their day.
(b) They hate politics in general.
(c) They have little sense of history.
(d) They are too antagonistic to the current political system.

3. What is Mencken's view of contemporary psychological science?
(a) The field is surprisingly neat and orderly, with little disagreement between schools..
(b) The field is in chaos, with widely conflicting views.
(c) The field is complete quackery.
(d) The field is poorly funded, and suffers because of it.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the problem with trying to punishment a government for not working well?

3. How does Mencken describe President Coolidge?

4. What is the relationship between Anglo-Saxons and civilization?

5. Which is NOT one of the qualities Mencken ascribes to William Jennings Bryan?

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