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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 45-49.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was true in regard to statements made by Mencken about chiropractic?
(a) There was no, and would never be, any beneficial effect of chiropractic.
(b) Chiropractors were made up of intellectual heavyweights and aristocrats.
(c) Chiropractic sprang from a perversion of brain science.
(d) The deaths of chiropractic patients was welcome, as it would mean less stupid people in the world.

2. What was Mencken's opinion of Gothic architecture?
(a) Valuable and useful.
(b) Joyless and dreary.
(c) Hideous.
(d) Completely out of style.

3. Who presided over the Republican Convention of 1920?
(a) Henry Cabot Lodge.
(b) William Jennings Bryan.
(c) Franklin Pierce.
(d) Grover Garfield.

4. What was the result of Mencken's attempt to trace the lineage of the Anglo-Saxon race?
(a) He traced it to a tribe in Western Africa.
(b) Mencken claimed, sarcastically, that he himself represents the apex of the race.
(c) It was too complicated, and he gave up.
(d) He pointed out that the race was never the same after a battle in 1066.

5. What was NOT a feature of chiropractors, according to "Chiropractic"?
(a) They had a good deal of anatomical knowledge.
(b) They did no good, and may in fact cause harm.
(c) They were quacks.
(d) They were retired baseball players or piano movers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What moral choice faced Mencken and a cop on New Year's Day, in "Recollections of Notable Cops"?

2. What did Mencken conclude in his examination of rulings in "Mr. Justice Holmes"?

3. According to "Quid Est Veritas?," what kind of religion professes to know God exactly and completely?

4. What famous speech did Ralph Waldo Emerson deliver in 1837?

5. What was the art discussed in "The Comedian"?

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