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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 or who rules the American South?
(a) An aristocratic class.
(b) A love for automobiles and technology.
(c) Secular liberals.
(d) Baptist and Methodist "barbarism".

2. Why might "reflective and skeptical men" refrain from suicide?
(a) For the great women in life.
(b) For the sense of humor in life.
(c) For the good food in life.
(d) For the thrill of physical activity.

3. In a fabrication, what object did Mencken claim had a 75th anniversary on December 20th, 1917?
(a) The rifle.
(b) The lamppost.
(c) The bathtub.
(d) The telegraph.

4. How does Mencken describe President Coolidge?
(a) He was an orator of great skill and emotive power.
(b) He was reserved and agnostic.
(c) His life was marred by continual misfortune.
(d) He was a typical American.

5. What aspect of President Grant does Mencken admire?
(a) His oratorical prowess.
(b) His hard-living, genuine lifestyle.
(c) His military prowess.
(d) His reputation for a clean, corruption-free administration.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second-worst job in the world, according to Chapter 17?

2. What device does Mencken call a "boon to bores"?

3. Mencken sees that too often any discussion of suicide is rooted in what incorrect notion?

4. How would George Washington fare in today's political climate?

5. What was Mencken's opinion of New Deal programs?

(see the answer key)

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