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

2. How did morality come to be, according to Mencken?
(a) Morality is the product of the woman's insidious influence over man.
(b) Morality evolved from social practices required to survive.
(c) Morality evolved from the innate sense of right and wrong in children.
(d) Morality is a creation of the Christian church.

3. For Mencken, what is the nature of the range of the central psychological spectrum upon which all humans reside?
(a) From calm to paranoid.
(b) From slave mentality to free mentality.
(c) From introvert to extrovert.
(d) From cold to romantic.

4. What is Mencken's opinion of the American South?
(a) He loathes it and believes it to be a crude and uncultured place.
(b) He thinks highly of it because of its emphasis on grassroots values.
(c) He believes that southerners are intellectually superior to northerners, but rarely show it.
(d) He thinks it is a spiritually enlightened place.

5. What kind of promises do politicians make?
(a) Ones they have polled voters about.
(b) Ones they have no intention of fulfilling.
(c) Ones they cannot deliver.
(d) Ones they can fulfill.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 16, which political system is responsible for the majority of civilization as we know it?

2. What does the "romantic" type of person inevitably do?

3. What is "one of the most valuable human possessions" according to Mencken in Chapter 16?

4. In "female novels," how are males portrayed according to Mencken?

5. What was "unusual" about Mr. Gray?

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