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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. Which is NOT one of the features Mencken imagines for the Confederacy, had it survived the Civil War?
(a) It would be a wealthier place.
(b) It would be a more cultured place.
(c) It would have a strong aristocracy in place.
(d) It would never have abolished slavery.

2. How does Mencken characterize the emotional state of most schoolboys?
(a) They are murderously violent.
(b) They are happy.
(c) They are eager to learn and curious.
(d) They are very sad.

3. What does Mencken believe about Freudianism?
(a) It makes several valid points.
(b) It it in no way truly reflects the brilliance of Sigmund Freud.
(c) It goes further to explain the human mind than anything before it.
(d) It is complete quackery.

4. What does Mencken see as the problem with contemporary Protestantism?
(a) Protestants suffer from a Jewish weakness for poetry.
(b) Protestants have forgotten the teachings of Jesus Christ.
(c) There are few, sensible, centrist Protestants left.
(d) All modern Protestants are wishy-washy centrists.

5. What is NOT one of the qualities of being a teacher according to Mencken?
(a) Being able to breeze through lessons and cut corners.
(b) Wearing oneself out to achieve the impossible.
(c) Having no respect.
(d) Being underpaid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mencken believe life on other planets is highly unlikely?

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

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

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

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

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