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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 29, Buffooneries, Chapter 30, Sententiae, Chapter 31, Appendix.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 15, Mencken expresses surprise that no one has violated the tomb of which man?
(a) Charles Joseph Bonaparte.
(b) Oliver Wendell Holmes.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Grover Cleveland.

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

4. How would George Washington fare in today's political climate?
(a) He would be arrested for corruption.
(b) He would be bewildered by modern methods and unable to perform his duties.
(c) He would easily be elected president.
(d) He would have no chance of winning any political office.

5. What is the crux of Mr. Ayres' philosophical argument that Mencken criticizes?
(a) Evolution is a hoax.
(b) Causality is an illusion.
(c) Science cannot account for morality.
(d) Language determines behavior and thought patterns.

Short Answer Questions

1. New England owes much of its history to what group of people?

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

3. What was Mencken's opinion of New Deal programs?

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

5. Before democracy came to be, what did people believe this system of government to be?

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