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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23, Souvenirs of a Journalist, Chapter 24, Criticism.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Mencken believe is the proper focus of psychology?
(a) The study of psychological differences between people from various trades or types.
(b) The study of mob mentality.
(c) The origins of lying.
(d) The study of physical deformity (such as injury) on the mind.

3. What was "unusual" about Mr. Gray?
(a) He was electrocuted to death.
(b) He was a victim of leprosy.
(c) He refused to give his real name to Mencken.
(d) He could not remember faces.

4. How does Mencken characterize a woman's level of civility?
(a) Women do not submit to civilization and must be coerced.
(b) Women are relatively uncivilized.
(c) Women are much more civilized than men.
(d) Women have created their own civilization quite distinct from men.

5. What is the BEST term to use for Mencken's characterization of American millionaires?
(a) Exciting.
(b) Idiots.
(c) Saints.
(d) Aristocrats.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What subject does Mencken begin his volume with?

4. What is the proper function of punishment for crimes?

5. Which is NOT one of the reasons Mencken praises George Washington?

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