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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, The South, Chapter 12, History.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the "pretty man" hated?
(a) Women are jealous of pretty men.
(b) The pretty man reminds us of all of our own faults.
(c) Women care less for beauty than men do.
(d) The pretty man is almost universally also very dumb.

2. How has Mencken organized his book?
(a) By date.
(b) By length.
(c) By subject.
(d) By author.

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

4. What group of people has been "overestimated" throughout the course of human history?
(a) Barbarians.
(b) Egyptians.
(c) Greeks.
(d) Russians.

5. Who rules American culture, according to Chapter 10?
(a) The learned aristocracy.
(b) Psychologists and doctors.
(c) Quacks such as chiropractors.
(d) The uncivilized mob.

Short Answer Questions

1. Per Chapter 2, what kind of person has Mencken never met?

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

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

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

5. What is the subject of Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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