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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23, Souvenirs of a Journalist, Chapter 24, Criticism.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Mencken's opinion about the variety of political systems?
(a) Aristocracy is by far the worst form of government.
(b) Different political systems accomplish vastly different things.
(c) All governments accomplish the same thing and there are very little differences.
(d) Dictatorship is preferable to oligarchy.

4. In the boxing match Mencken reports on in Chapter 23, why do most want the favorite boxer to lose?
(a) He had evaded service in World War I.
(b) He was drunk and hollering at the crowd.
(c) He had beaten his wife up the night before.
(d) He had been accused of taking steroids.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What BEST characterizes Mencken's view of the townspeople involved in the Scopes Monkey Trial?

2. What is Mencken's central critique for socialism?

3. Mencken sees that too often any discussion of suicide is rooted in what incorrect notion?

4. What is the subject of Chapter 7?

5. In Chapter 7, Mencken notes that there are too few books written about what subject?

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