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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 was "unusual" about Mr. Gray?
(a) He refused to give his real name to Mencken.
(b) He was electrocuted to death.
(c) He was a victim of leprosy.
(d) He could not remember faces.

2. What kind of people are most often forgotten by historical records, per Chapter 12?
(a) Courageous women.
(b) Respectful and intelligent men.
(c) The commoners.
(d) Great warriors.

3. What is the contemporary invention that Mencken likes most?
(a) Radio.
(b) Telephone.
(c) Elevator.
(d) Thermostat.

4. What is Mencken's opinion of the telephone?
(a) They are unnecessary, but are fun to play around with.
(b) They are necessary, and have greatly benefited mankind.
(c) They are necessary, but they have caused more harm than good.
(d) They are unnecessary and harmful.

5. What does the "metaphysical" type of person inevitably do?
(a) Demands to know what you mean, even when it is obvious.
(b) Becomes paralyzed with fear over the enormity of the universe.
(c) Begs for spare change.
(d) Tips their hat for no reason.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is NOT one of the features of the typical school day, as envisioned by Mencken?

2. What point does Mencken make in his discussion of Darwinian evolution?

3. Why might "reflective and skeptical men" refrain from suicide?

4. What is the proper function of punishment for crimes?

5. What aspect of President Grant does Mencken admire?

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