2. What kind of test does Mencken believe teachers should have to pass prior to teaching?
(a) An SAT test.
(b) An IQ test.
(c) A test of general world knowledge.
(d) A speech test.

3. Who wrote the Viennese Waltz?
(a) Brahms.
(b) Schubert.
(c) Strauss.
(d) Beethoven.

4. What action taken by Anthony Comstock does Mencken take issue with?
(a) Editing his articles overmuch at the Baltimore Sun.
(b) Spreading a new strain of Methodist religion.
(c) Trying to censor book material.
(d) Too quickly embracing new technology like the telephone.

5. What is the crux of Mr. Ayres' philosophical argument that Mencken criticizes?
(a) Causality is an illusion.
(b) Science cannot account for morality.
(c) Language determines behavior and thought patterns.
(d) Evolution is a hoax.

6. Who wrote Parsifal?
(a) Schubert.
(b) Strauss.
(c) Wagner.
(d) Beethoven.

7. What unusual stance does Mencken take in regards to disease?
(a) Religion is sufficient to address disease.
(b) All diseases are beneficial, as they help to thin human populations.
(c) Diseases should not be treated with medicine.
(d) Some diseases actually improve lives.

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

9. What is the usual relationship between an artist and his countrymen?
(a) The artist works for the community.
(b) The artist is in perfect harmony with the community.
(c) The artist is at odds with his community.
(d) The artist has no relationship to his community.

10. Who did the Black Plague mostly kill off, according to Mencken?
(a) Proletarians of high intelligence.
(b) Proletarians of low intelligence.
(c) Monarchs of high intelligence.
(d) Monarchs of low intelligence.

11. Who does Mencken call "the national ideal of a literary character"?
(a) Joseph Conrad.
(b) Ring Lardner.
(c) Ambrose Bierce.
(d) William Dean Howells.

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

13. Which is the "most democratic" of art forms according to Mencken?
(a) Music.
(b) Drama.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Sculpture.

14. What does Mencken believe about Freudianism?
(a) It goes further to explain the human mind than anything before it.
(b) It is complete quackery.
(c) It makes several valid points.
(d) It it in no way truly reflects the brilliance of Sigmund Freud.

15. Who does Mencken consider the greatest classical composer?
(a) Brahms.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Schubert.
(d) Beethoven.