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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 is Mencken's assessment of Abraham Lincoln?
(a) He was an out-and-out racist.
(b) He was a hard-living chauvinist dinosaur.
(c) He was a practical politician of great talent and rhetoric.
(d) He was a bumbler and not fit for office.

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

3. What kind of men has history been written by, to date?
(a) Third-rate, inferior men.
(b) Noble men of purpose.
(c) The most intelligent men, and this is why history cannot be understood by most.
(d) Men more interested in power than factual accuracy.

4. 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.

5. New England owes much of its history to what group of people?
(a) Anti-Puritans.
(b) The Founding Fathers.
(c) Delaware Indians.
(d) Manhattan Indians.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who derives several advantages from marriage?

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

4. In Chapter 7, Mencken notes that there are too few books written about what subject?

5. How does Mencken define government?

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