2. What is Mencken's opinion of the telephone?
(a) They are necessary, but they have caused more harm than good.
(b) They are unnecessary, but are fun to play around with.
(c) They are necessary, and have greatly benefited mankind.
(d) They are unnecessary and harmful.

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

4. Mencken reports on a boxing with which famed boxer?
(a) Fireman Jim Flynn.
(b) Gene Tunney.
(c) Gunboat Smith.
(d) Jack Dempsey.

5. Mencken sees authors as divided into which two classes?
(a) Dramatic and Comedic.
(b) English and Continental.
(c) Sly and Overt.
(d) American and Foreign.

6. 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 calm to paranoid.
(c) From cold to romantic.
(d) From slave mentality to free mentality.

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

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

9. Why is music difficult as a trade?
(a) No one appreciates music.
(b) The expensive costs of instruments, etc.
(c) Its strong unions.
(d) Its high level of technique and master required.

10. What is NOT one of the qualities of being a teacher according to Mencken?
(a) Being underpaid.
(b) Having no respect.
(c) Wearing oneself out to achieve the impossible.
(d) Being able to breeze through lessons and cut corners.

11. What do men become once they accumulate wealth?
(a) Nicer.
(b) Stingier.
(c) Stupider.
(d) More amorous.

12. What was Roosevelt's team of political advisers popularly called?
(a) The Brain Trust.
(b) The Brooklyn Thirteen.
(c) The Washington Eggheads.
(d) Roosevelt's Riveters.

13. Who does Mencken label "blatant and obnoxious posturers and wind-bags"?
(a) Classical composers.
(b) Writers.
(c) Film directors.
(d) Actors.

14. How do bad artists hide their shortcomings?
(a) By showing their art to only a select, friendly few.
(b) By creating overblown interpretations of their art.
(c) By coming up with new formulas for art.
(d) Bad artists are unable to hide their shortcomings; they are always found out.

15. According to Mencken, how will "anyone who appreciates aural beauty" regard opera?
(a) Inspirational.
(b) Absurd.
(c) Obnoxious.
(d) Beautiful.