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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19, Science, Chapter 20, Quackery.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Mencken identify as the father of chiropractic?
(a) Andrew Still.
(b) Charles Joseph Bonaparte.
(c) John Ayres.
(d) William Carlos Williams.

2. What is the contemporary invention that Mencken likes most?
(a) Telephone.
(b) Radio.
(c) Elevator.
(d) Thermostat.

3. What do men become once they accumulate wealth?
(a) More amorous.
(b) Stupider.
(c) Stingier.
(d) Nicer.

4. Which Southern state does Mencken particularly mourn in his obituary on the American South?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Texas.

5. Why is Mencken unable to embrace democratic political theory, as he himself states it in Chapter 9?
(a) He is not poor, and so cannot see democracy's benefits.
(b) He is morally superior to democrats.
(c) He is simply too cultured and sophisticated.
(d) He is incapable of being envious of others.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is NOT one of the qualities of Anglo-Saxons Mencken points to in Chapter 10?

2. How intelligent are women according to Mencken?

3. What point does Mencken make in his discussion of Darwinian evolution?

4. What is the relationship between free will and morality?

5. At what event did Mencken first personally encounter William Jennings Bryan?

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