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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23, Souvenirs of a Journalist, Chapter 24, Criticism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the second-worst job in the world, according to Chapter 17?
(a) Policeman.
(b) Market vendor.
(c) Writer.
(d) Priest.

2. Mencken compares Theodore Roosevelt's political ideas to which other politician's?
(a) A Japanese feudal lord.
(b) The United State's William Jennings Bryan.
(c) Germany's Kaiser.
(d) England's Queen.

3. What was "unusual" about Mr. Gray?
(a) He refused to give his real name to Mencken.
(b) He was electrocuted to death.
(c) He could not remember faces.
(d) He was a victim of leprosy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is NOT one of the features of the typical school day, as envisioned by Mencken?

2. What is Mencken's opinion about the variety of political systems?

3. How did morality come to be, according to Mencken?

4. Where did the Scopes Monkey Trial take place?

5. What is Mencken's opinion of original Christians?

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