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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. What is Mencken's opinion of the American South?
(a) He believes that southerners are intellectually superior to northerners, but rarely show it.
(b) He thinks it is a spiritually enlightened place.
(c) He thinks highly of it because of its emphasis on grassroots values.
(d) He loathes it and believes it to be a crude and uncultured place.

2. Why does Mencken criticize the American Medical Association?
(a) For turning down his membership application.
(b) For making it too easy to become a doctor.
(c) For making it too difficult to become a doctor.
(d) For supporting a bunch of quack science.

3. What kind of men has history been written by, to date?
(a) Noble men of purpose.
(b) The most intelligent men, and this is why history cannot be understood by most.
(c) Men more interested in power than factual accuracy.
(d) Third-rate, inferior men.

4. Who is the "ideal citizen of Christendom" according to Chapter 3?
(a) The hapless hero of a female novel.
(b) Young men drained of passion.
(c) Young men full of passion.
(d) An emotionally cold woman.

5. Which is NOT one of the features of the typical school day, as envisioned by Mencken?
(a) For stimulation, schoolboys try to talk to other schoolboys and only get punished for it.
(b) Schoolboys deal with adults (teachers) they have great respect for.
(c) Learning is a largely automatic process.
(d) The school day is boring and sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Southern state does Mencken particularly mourn in his obituary on the American South?

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

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

4. Where did Mencken meet Sister Aimee?

5. In "female novels," how are males portrayed according to Mencken?

(see the answer key)

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