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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 "female novels," how are males portrayed according to Mencken?
(a) As "heartthrobs."
(b) As "boobs."
(c) As "charlatans."
(d) As "he-men."

2. Why did England experience particular difficulties in World War I according to Mencken?
(a) It made secret pacts it could not honor.
(b) It took the wrong side.
(c) It ran out of money.
(d) It ignored the psychological aspect of warfare.

3. What is the problem with trying to punishment a government for not working well?
(a) Voting is usually rigged.
(b) There are too many bureaucracies and it is impossible to determine who to punish.
(c) The government itself is in control of the means of punishment.
(d) Punishing the government will lead to revenge tactics.

4. Mencken compares Theodore Roosevelt's political ideas to which other politician's?
(a) England's Queen.
(b) Germany's Kaiser.
(c) The United State's William Jennings Bryan.
(d) A Japanese feudal lord.

5. How does Mencken feel about the overall capacity for virtue in the human race?
(a) Everyone is virtuous, it's just a matter of uncovering it.
(b) Most people are virtuous, but a few people spoil it for everyone.
(c) Very few men are virtuous.
(d) Virtue is a nonsense term, because everything is relative.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mencken believe about Freudianism?

2. Who rules American culture, according to Chapter 10?

3. Before democracy came to be, what did people believe this system of government to be?

4. What is the second-worst job in the world, according to Chapter 17?

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

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