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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. Pharaoh Cheops is responsible for the building of what monument?
(a) The Temple of Karnak.
(b) Luxor Temple.
(c) The Sphinx.
(d) The Great Pyramid at Giza.

2. What is Mencken's view of contemporary psychological science?
(a) The field is in chaos, with widely conflicting views.
(b) The field is poorly funded, and suffers because of it.
(c) The field is complete quackery.
(d) The field is surprisingly neat and orderly, with little disagreement between schools..

3. Which is NOT one of the benefits Mencken sees should America put into place his ideas in "Utopian Flights"?
(a) Reduction of election costs.
(b) The election of people who actually want to be legislators.
(c) Insertion of people who believe public service is a chore.
(d) Elimination of political campaigns.

4. What central critique does Mencken have for teachers of his day?
(a) They simply teach, and leave it to students to figure out the lesson.
(b) They too often making learning an automatic process.
(c) They are given entirely too much respect in society.
(d) They are overpaid and underworked.

5. Writers "who cannot write" write in what style?
(a) Prose.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Dialogues.
(d) Song lyrics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is NOT one of the qualities Mencken ascribes to William Jennings Bryan?

2. What BEST characterizes Mencken's view of the townspeople involved in the Scopes Monkey Trial?

3. What period in history does Mencken refer to as "New Deal No. 1"?

4. Mencken sees authors as divided into which two classes?

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

(see the answer key)

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