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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25, Literature, Chapter 26, Literati.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 15, Mencken expresses surprise that no one has violated the tomb of which man?
(a) Grover Cleveland.
(b) Oliver Wendell Holmes.
(c) Charles Joseph Bonaparte.
(d) George Washington.

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

3. Why does Mencken admire John D. Rockefeller?
(a) For his political acumen.
(b) For his research foundations.
(c) For his business prowess.
(d) For his larger-than-life lifestyle.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What action taken by Anthony Comstock does Mencken take issue with?

2. Why is the "pretty man" hated?

3. What is the proper function of punishment for crimes?

4. What does Mencken believe about the universality of morality?

5. What kind of sense of right and wrong do children have?

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