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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25, Literature, Chapter 26, Literati.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the crux of Mr. Ayres' philosophical argument that Mencken criticizes?
(a) Causality is an illusion.
(b) Science cannot account for morality.
(c) Evolution is a hoax.
(d) Language determines behavior and thought patterns.

2. What is Mencken's view of chiropractors?
(a) He must study the subject further to render an opinion.
(b) They are the newest members of a respected doctor aristocracy.
(c) They are quack doctors.
(d) He depends on them for his numerous back problems.

3. How does Mencken characterize a woman's level of civility?
(a) Women do not submit to civilization and must be coerced.
(b) Women have created their own civilization quite distinct from men.
(c) Women are relatively uncivilized.
(d) Women are much more civilized than men.

4. Why did England experience particular difficulties in World War I according to Mencken?
(a) It took the wrong side.
(b) It ignored the psychological aspect of warfare.
(c) It ran out of money.
(d) It made secret pacts it could not honor.

5. Mencken compares Theodore Roosevelt's political ideas to which other politician's?
(a) England's Queen.
(b) The United State's William Jennings Bryan.
(c) Germany's Kaiser.
(d) A Japanese feudal lord.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mencken admire John D. Rockefeller?

2. What does Mencken believe about contemporary understanding of alcoholism?

3. What does the "romantic" type of person inevitably do?

4. What is Man's one unique characteristic, per Chapter 1?

5. What comparison does Mencken make between man and animal in Chapter 1?

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