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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. What is Mencken's belief about the concept of sin?
(a) Sin is a made-up term, and does not really exist.
(b) Sin is the reason why children are born.
(c) Sin is just another word for good deed; it's all relative.
(d) Sin is real, and exists all around us.

2. What period in history does Mencken refer to as "New Deal No. 1"?
(a) North Africa in the 1900s.
(b) Britain in the 1910s.
(c) America in the 1770s.
(d) France in the 1840s.

3. Per Chapter 2, what kind of person has Mencken never met?
(a) A moral man that was honorable.
(b) A quack with a conscience.
(c) A metaphysician who was intellectually curious.
(d) An altruist who actually did good for anybody.

4. Punishment for crime is too often what, according to Mencken?
(a) Cruel and unusual.
(b) Hypocritical and dishonest.
(c) Effective, which results in the murder of the human spirit.
(d) The product of poor people exerting influence over the rich.

5. Who is the "ideal citizen of Christendom" according to Chapter 3?
(a) Young men drained of passion.
(b) Young men full of passion.
(c) The hapless hero of a female novel.
(d) An emotionally cold woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subject of Chapter 7?

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

3. How does Mencken characterize a woman's level of civility?

4. What is Mencken's opinion of original Christians?

5. Why is the "pretty man" hated?

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