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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 group of people has been "overestimated" throughout the course of human history?
(a) Russians.
(b) Greeks.
(c) Barbarians.
(d) Egyptians.

2. What is the problem with trying to punishment a government for not working well?
(a) There are too many bureaucracies and it is impossible to determine who to punish.
(b) Voting is usually rigged.
(c) The government itself is in control of the means of punishment.
(d) Punishing the government will lead to revenge tactics.

3. What subject does Mencken begin his volume with?
(a) The nature of man.
(b) The horrors of the carnival.
(c) The automobile.
(d) The mysteries of women.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What "call" does Mencken make to America's poets in Chapter 7?

2. What was the goal of early democratists?

3. What kind of people are most often forgotten by historical records, per Chapter 12?

4. What does the "metaphysical" type of person inevitably do?

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

(see the answer key)

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