2. How does Mencken characterize the emotional state of most schoolboys?
(a) They are eager to learn and curious.
(b) They are murderously violent.
(c) They are happy.
(d) They are very sad.

3. According to Chapter 16, which political system is responsible for the majority of civilization as we know it?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Dictatorship.
(c) Oligarchy.
(d) Socialism.

4. For Mencken, what is the nature of the range of the central psychological spectrum upon which all humans reside?
(a) From slave mentality to free mentality.
(b) From introvert to extrovert.
(c) From cold to romantic.
(d) From calm to paranoid.

5. Who does Mencken identify as the founder of Christian Science?
(a) Anthony Comstock.
(b) Sister Aimee.
(c) Theodore Veblen.
(d) Mary Baker G. Eddy.

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

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

8. What is Mencken's view of chiropractors?
(a) He depends on them for his numerous back problems.
(b) They are the newest members of a respected doctor aristocracy.
(c) They are quack doctors.
(d) He must study the subject further to render an opinion.

9. Where did the Scopes Monkey Trial take place?
(a) Dayton, Tennessee.
(b) Chicago, Illinois.
(c) Frankfurt, Kentucky.
(d) Mexico, Missouri.

10. What point does Mencken make by bringing up an 84-year-old man he knew in Chapter 21?
(a) Age is nothing but a number.
(b) The older a person gets, the crankier they get.
(c) Illness makes a person stronger.
(d) A man's innate constitution may determine longevity more than illness.

11. Which is NOT one of the qualities of rich people, as described by Mencken?
(a) Many buy public esteem.
(b) They are largely swindlers.
(c) They buy boring, unoriginal assets.
(d) They engage in exciting, risky ventures.

12. What does Mencken believe about contemporary understanding of alcoholism?
(a) Alcoholism is a blight on American society.
(b) Most claims about the deleterious effects of alcohol are exaggerated.
(c) Alcoholism is much more dangerous than even the doctors warn.
(d) Alcoholism is one of the rare instances in which doctors fully understand the disease.

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

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

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