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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. In Chapter 7, Mencken notes that there are too few books written about what subject?
(a) Death.
(b) True crime.
(c) Women.
(d) Taxes.

2. Where did Mencken meet Sister Aimee?
(a) The San Diego Zoo.
(b) An Indian retreat.
(c) The Los Angeles Basilica.
(d) The offices of the Baltimore Sun.

3. How would George Washington fare in today's political climate?
(a) He would have no chance of winning any political office.
(b) He would be bewildered by modern methods and unable to perform his duties.
(c) He would easily be elected president.
(d) He would be arrested for corruption.

4. What central critique does Mencken have for teachers of his day?
(a) They are given entirely too much respect in society.
(b) They simply teach, and leave it to students to figure out the lesson.
(c) They are overpaid and underworked.
(d) They too often making learning an automatic process.

5. How does Mencken describe President Coolidge?
(a) He was an orator of great skill and emotive power.
(b) His life was marred by continual misfortune.
(c) He was reserved and agnostic.
(d) He was a typical American.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mencken admire John D. Rockefeller?

2. What is Mencken's opinion of the telephone?

3. Which is NOT one of the qualities Mencken ascribes to William Jennings Bryan?

4. How did morality come to be, according to Mencken?

5. What comparison does Mencken make between man and animal in Chapter 1?

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