A Mencken Chrestomathy Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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A Mencken Chrestomathy Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, The South, Chapter 12, History.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the chief problem with political theorists?
(a) They are too antagonistic to the current political system.
(b) They attempt to dignify the political order of their day.
(c) They have little sense of history.
(d) They hate politics in general.

2. Why is the culture of the United States deficient, according to Chapter 10?
(a) The U.S. lacks social programs for the poor.
(b) The U.S. lacks a civilized aristocracy.
(c) The U.S. lacks a healthy skepticism for so-called artists.
(d) The U.S. lacks a sound monetary policy.

3. What kind of sense of right and wrong do children have?
(a) Children are born without a sense of right and wrong, but they develop it without society's interference.
(b) Children are born with a sense of right and wrong, and they carry this into adulthood.
(c) Children are born without a sense of right and wrong, and society imposes this sense upon them.
(d) Children are born with a sense of right and wrong, which is then corrupted by society.

4. What does the "metaphysical" type of person inevitably do?
(a) Begs for spare change.
(b) Tips their hat for no reason.
(c) Becomes paralyzed with fear over the enormity of the universe.
(d) Demands to know what you mean, even when it is obvious.

5. What do most women think of their husbands according to Mencken?
(a) Women are indifferent to their husbands and use them as mere tools.
(b) Women love and respect their husbands.
(c) Women pity their husbands and consider them asses.
(d) Women fear and loathe their husbands.

Short Answer Questions

1. Privately, politicians are what kind of people?

2. What kind of people are most often forgotten by historical records, per Chapter 12?

3. How intelligent are women according to Mencken?

4. What kind of men does a democracy produce?

5. What period in history does Mencken refer to as "New Deal No. 1"?

(see the answer key)

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