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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 does the "romantic" type of person inevitably do?
(a) Exaggerates.
(b) Befriends everyone they meet.
(c) Makes light of serious situations.
(d) Betrays.

2. What kind of men does a democracy produce?
(a) Noble, confident men who do not envy others.
(b) Stupid men who can barely master the multiplication tables.
(c) Depressing men full of nostalgia.
(d) Energetic men with too much time on their hands.

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

4. Mencken sees that too often any discussion of suicide is rooted in what incorrect notion?
(a) Killing oneself is an expensive proposition.
(b) Death is painless.
(c) The family would suffer in a suicide.
(d) Death is painful.

5. What is the subject of Chapter 7?
(a) Taxes.
(b) Classical composers.
(c) Death.
(d) Quackery.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the problem with trying to punishment a government for not working well?

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

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

5. What subject does Mencken begin his volume with?

(see the answer key)

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