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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Death, Chapter 8, Government.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 7, Mencken notes that there are too few books written about what subject?
(a) True crime.
(b) Death.
(c) Taxes.
(d) Women.

2. What "call" does Mencken make to America's poets in Chapter 7?
(a) He wishes them to write a funeral service for the damned.
(b) He wishes them to burn all of their poems and drown themselves.
(c) He wishes them to speak upon the beauty of the female figure.
(d) He wishes them to rewrite Ode to a Grecian Urn.

3. Who derives several advantages from marriage?
(a) Men only.
(b) Only the state.
(c) Men and women equally.
(d) Women only.

4. What is Mencken's opinion of original Christians?
(a) They were patriots, akin to the Founding Fathers.
(b) They were vulgar cads without imagination.
(c) The historical record is so poor that Mencken cannot form an opinion.
(d) They were "men's men" and should be looked upon as examples.

5. What is the "altruist" motivated by?
(a) Out and out greed.
(b) A selfish sense of self-worth.
(c) A divine inspiration.
(d) Being uncomfortable with unhappy people around him or her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the "believer" type of person inevitably do?

2. Who is the "ideal citizen of Christendom" according to Chapter 3?

3. How did morality come to be, according to Mencken?

4. What do most women think of their husbands according to Mencken?

5. What is Mencken's belief about the concept of sin?

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