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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 crime?
(a) Crime is impossible in aristocratic circles.
(b) Crime is primarily a social invention.
(c) Crime is primarily a legal invention.
(d) Crime is primarily a product of capitalist society.

2. Why is the culture of the United States deficient, according to Chapter 10?
(a) The U.S. lacks a civilized aristocracy.
(b) The U.S. lacks social programs for the poor.
(c) The U.S. lacks a sound monetary policy.
(d) The U.S. lacks a healthy skepticism for so-called artists.

3. Which Southern state does Mencken particularly mourn in his obituary on the American South?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Texas.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Virginia.

4. What does the "metaphysical" type of person inevitably do?
(a) Tips their hat for no reason.
(b) Becomes paralyzed with fear over the enormity of the universe.
(c) Begs for spare change.
(d) Demands to know what you mean, even when it is obvious.

5. What is the relationship between free will and morality?
(a) Free will is the cause as well as the effect of morality.
(b) Free will creates several difficulties for morality.
(c) Free will and morality work hand in hand in a positive way.
(d) Free will has no relationship to morality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What period in history does Mencken refer to as "New Deal No. 1"?

2. What or who rules the American South?

3. Which is NOT one of Mencken's view of humankind as expressed in Chapter 1?

4. What does Mencken see as the problem with contemporary Protestantism?

5. What was the goal of early democratists?

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