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

2. What is Mencken's opinion of the belief that man has a soul, according to Chapter 1?
(a) The notion of a soul has led to unprecedented successes in philosophy and elsewhere.
(b) The notion of a soul is humanity's one bright spot.
(c) The notion of a soul has failed to result in more people acting like God.
(d) The notion of a soul is simple, but still very relevant today.

3. What is the subject of Chapter 7?
(a) Classical composers.
(b) Death.
(c) Taxes.
(d) Quackery.

4. What action taken by Anthony Comstock does Mencken take issue with?
(a) Editing his articles overmuch at the Baltimore Sun.
(b) Spreading a new strain of Methodist religion.
(c) Too quickly embracing new technology like the telephone.
(d) Trying to censor book material.

5. 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 is complete quackery.
(d) It goes further to explain the human mind than anything before it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mencken describe Oliver Wendell Holmes?

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

3. What kind of sense of right and wrong do children have?

4. What is Mencken's belief about crime?

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

(see the answer key)

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