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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. Who does Mencken call "the national ideal of a literary character"?
(a) Joseph Conrad.
(b) Ambrose Bierce.
(c) Ring Lardner.
(d) William Dean Howells.

2. Who was the attorney on the side of the defense in the Scopes Monkey Trial?
(a) Anthony Still.
(b) Theodore Veblen.
(c) Clarence Darrow.
(d) William Jennings Bryan.

3. Which president did Charles Joseph Bonaparte work for?
(a) Warren G. Harding.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) Grover Cleveland.
(d) Woodrow Wilson.

4. Kaiser Wilhelm was involved in which war?
(a) World War I.
(b) World War II.
(c) The Seven Years War.
(d) The French and Indian War.

5. Why does Mencken praise doctors in Chapter 16?
(a) They are charlatans, but they know how to play the game.
(b) They have wonderful gadgets that are endlessly fascinating.
(c) They do a great deal of good for poor people.
(d) A professional class like doctors can create a new American aristocracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the crux of Mr. Ayres' philosophical argument that Mencken criticizes?

2. How does Mencken characterize a woman's level of civility?

3. Which is NOT one of the features Mencken imagines for the Confederacy, had it survived the Civil War?

4. What is the consequence of someone believing in God, according to Mencken in Chapter 1?

5. Who was the attorney on the side of the prosecution in the Scopes Monkey Trial?

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