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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 29, Buffooneries, Chapter 30, Sententiae, Chapter 31, Appendix.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the chief problem with political theorists?
(a) They are too antagonistic to the current political system.
(b) They attempt to dignify the political order of their day.
(c) They hate politics in general.
(d) They have little sense of history.

2. Which author does Mencken believe is for "lunch-table idealists"?
(a) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) Henry David Thoreau.
(d) Mark Twain.

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

4. What is Mencken's central critique for socialism?
(a) It does not go far enough to redistribute wealth.
(b) It is incompatible with the facts of history.
(c) The U.S. refuses to embrace Bolshevik-style socialism, which is the only socialism which has worked.
(d) It is a noble idea, but it has not been instituted correctly.

5. What kind of men does a democracy produce?
(a) Depressing men full of nostalgia.
(b) Noble, confident men who do not envy others.
(c) Energetic men with too much time on their hands.
(d) Stupid men who can barely master the multiplication tables.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word might Mencken use to characterize Mary Baker G. Eddy?

2. What is the "altruist" motivated by?

3. What kind of promises do politicians make?

4. What does Mencken believe about Freudianism?

5. Who is the "ideal citizen of Christendom" according to Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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