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

2. What is the purpose of monogamy, according to Mencken?
(a) Marriage serves to emphasize romantic love.
(b) Marriage serves to kill and restrain passion.
(c) Marriage serves to protect society from itself.
(d) Marriage serves to enhance and legitimize passion.

3. How intelligent are women according to Mencken?
(a) They pretend to be dumb, but are in fact quite intelligent.
(b) They are usually much more intelligent than men.
(c) They are completely stupid in thought and deed.
(d) They pretend to be intelligent, but deep down are quite stupid.

4. What "call" does Mencken make to America's poets in Chapter 7?
(a) He wishes them to rewrite Ode to a Grecian Urn.
(b) He wishes them to burn all of their poems and drown themselves.
(c) He wishes them to speak upon the beauty of the female figure.
(d) He wishes them to write a funeral service for the damned.

5. What is the relationship between Anglo-Saxons and civilization?
(a) Anglo-Saxons are the most civilized of all white people.
(b) Anglo-Saxons are the least civilized of all white people.
(c) Anglo-Saxons created civilization, and are its last bastion of hope.
(d) Anglo-Saxons choose to live outside civilization because they are morally superior.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mencken dub "The Lady of Joy"?

2. Which is NOT one of the reasons Mencken praises George Washington?

3. What is Mencken's hope for democracy?

4. What is the "altruist" motivated by?

5. Why is Mencken unable to embrace democratic political theory, as he himself states it in Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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