2. What is the purpose of monogamy, according to Mencken?
(a) Marriage serves to emphasize romantic love.
(b) Marriage serves to enhance and legitimize passion.
(c) Marriage serves to protect society from itself.
(d) Marriage serves to kill and restrain passion.

3. What kind of men has history been written by, to date?
(a) Third-rate, inferior men.
(b) Men more interested in power than factual accuracy.
(c) Noble men of purpose.
(d) The most intelligent men, and this is why history cannot be understood by most.

4. How intelligent are women according to Mencken?
(a) They pretend to be dumb, but are in fact quite intelligent.
(b) They pretend to be intelligent, but deep down are quite stupid.
(c) They are usually much more intelligent than men.
(d) They are completely stupid in thought and deed.

5. What does the "believer" type of person inevitably do?
(a) Maintains a faith in the improbable.
(b) Thinks they are better than everyone.
(c) Betrays friends as well as lovers.
(d) Annoys the company he or she is with.

6. What is the fundamental flaw of the democratic style of government?
(a) Over time, democracy resembles monarchy.
(b) The people are not competent to govern themselves.
(c) There are simply too many intelligent people to decide between.
(d) Voting systems can never be 100% accurate.

7. What group of people has been "overestimated" throughout the course of human history?
(a) Egyptians.
(b) Barbarians.
(c) Greeks.
(d) Russians.

8. What does Mencken see as the problem with contemporary Protestantism?
(a) Protestants have forgotten the teachings of Jesus Christ.
(b) All modern Protestants are wishy-washy centrists.
(c) There are few, sensible, centrist Protestants left.
(d) Protestants suffer from a Jewish weakness for poetry.

9. Who does Mencken dub "The Lady of Joy"?
(a) A prostitute.
(b) The Virgin Mary.
(c) The happily married woman.
(d) His wife.

10. How does Mencken describe Oliver Wendell Holmes?
(a) He was a tool of conservative fuddy-duddies.
(b) He was a tool of liberal elites.
(c) He was a completely inept United States Senator.
(d) He was a brilliant reasoner.

11. What is Mencken's opinion of romantic love?
(a) It is a great and noble thing.
(b) It is a dangerous farce.
(c) Men must only marry for romantic love, and not for other considerations.
(d) It benefits men rather than women.

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

13. What aspect of human nature fuels the democratic system of government?
(a) Envy.
(b) Grace.
(c) Murderous violence.
(d) Charity.

14. What does democracy ruin, according to Mencken?
(a) Common sense.
(b) Wealth.
(c) The means of production.
(d) Individual greatness.

15. What period in history does Mencken refer to as "New Deal No. 1"?
(a) North Africa in the 1900s.
(b) France in the 1840s.
(c) America in the 1770s.
(d) Britain in the 1910s.