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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19, Science, Chapter 20, Quackery.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What period in history does Mencken refer to as "New Deal No. 1"?
(a) Britain in the 1910s.
(b) North Africa in the 1900s.
(c) France in the 1840s.
(d) America in the 1770s.

3. Which is NOT one of Mencken's view of humankind as expressed in Chapter 1?
(a) Man is prone to believe in ridiculous things.
(b) Man is the center of the universe, and rightly so.
(c) Man is full of errors.
(d) Man is the product of random and meaningless processes.

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

5. What is Mencken's view of contemporary psychological science?
(a) The field is surprisingly neat and orderly, with little disagreement between schools..
(b) The field is in chaos, with widely conflicting views.
(c) The field is poorly funded, and suffers because of it.
(d) The field is complete quackery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship between free will and morality?

2. Who is the "ideal citizen of Christendom" according to Chapter 3?

3. How does Mencken describe Oliver Wendell Holmes?

4. Punishment for crime is too often what, according to Mencken?

5. Which Southern state does Mencken particularly mourn in his obituary on the American South?

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