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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. What aspect of President Grant does Mencken admire?
(a) His oratorical prowess.
(b) His military prowess.
(c) His reputation for a clean, corruption-free administration.
(d) His hard-living, genuine lifestyle.

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

3. Who does Mencken dub "The Lady of Joy"?
(a) The Virgin Mary.
(b) A prostitute.
(c) The happily married woman.
(d) His wife.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what event did Mencken first personally encounter William Jennings Bryan?

2. How would George Washington fare in today's political climate?

3. In "female novels," how are males portrayed according to Mencken?

4. How does Mencken describe President Coolidge?

5. Why is the "pretty man" hated?

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