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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Statesmen, Chapter 14, American Immortals.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Mencken NOT believe about the possibility for morality to change over time?
(a) Morality can adopt new ideas, like Christian beliefs.
(b) Morality was determined in ancient times, and has not changed.
(c) Different subsections of morality can grow over time.
(d) Morality evolves and grows over time.

3. What or who rules the American South?
(a) A love for automobiles and technology.
(b) An aristocratic class.
(c) Secular liberals.
(d) Baptist and Methodist "barbarism".

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

5. What does Mencken see as the problem with contemporary Protestantism?
(a) Protestants have forgotten the teachings of Jesus Christ.
(b) All modern Protestants are wishy-washy centrists.
(c) Protestants suffer from a Jewish weakness for poetry.
(d) There are few, sensible, centrist Protestants left.

Short Answer Questions

1. New England owes much of its history to what group of people?

2. What aspect of human nature fuels the democratic system of government?

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

4. Who derives several advantages from marriage?

5. What is Mencken's opinion of romantic love?

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