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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Death, Chapter 8, Government.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What "call" does Mencken make to America's poets in Chapter 7?
(a) He wishes them to rewrite Ode to a Grecian Urn.
(b) He wishes them to write a funeral service for the damned.
(c) He wishes them to speak upon the beauty of the female figure.
(d) He wishes them to burn all of their poems and drown themselves.

2. What subject does Mencken begin his volume with?
(a) The nature of man.
(b) The mysteries of women.
(c) The horrors of the carnival.
(d) The automobile.

3. In "female novels," how are males portrayed according to Mencken?
(a) As "he-men."
(b) As "boobs."
(c) As "heartthrobs."
(d) As "charlatans."

4. What is the purpose of monogamy, according to Mencken?
(a) Marriage serves to kill and restrain passion.
(b) Marriage serves to enhance and legitimize passion.
(c) Marriage serves to protect society from itself.
(d) Marriage serves to emphasize romantic love.

5. What is the problem with trying to punishment a government for not working well?
(a) Voting is usually rigged.
(b) Punishing the government will lead to revenge tactics.
(c) There are too many bureaucracies and it is impossible to determine who to punish.
(d) The government itself is in control of the means of punishment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mencken dub "The Lady of Joy"?

2. How has Mencken organized his book?

3. Why might "reflective and skeptical men" refrain from suicide?

4. What is the chief problem with political theorists?

5. Punishment for crime is too often what, according to Mencken?

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