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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 or who rules the American South?
(a) Baptist and Methodist "barbarism".
(b) Secular liberals.
(c) A love for automobiles and technology.
(d) An aristocratic class.

2. Which famous document does Mencken translate into plain American English in Chapter 29?
(a) The Declaration of Independence.
(b) The Constitution.
(c) Genesis in the Bible.
(d) The Magna Carta.

3. What does Mencken believe about the concept of evil?
(a) Evil is just another word for good; it's all relative.
(b) Evil is the reason why children are born.
(c) Evil is a made-up term, and does not really exist.
(d) Evil is real, and exists all around us.

4. Who does Mencken dub "The Lady of Joy"?
(a) His wife.
(b) The Virgin Mary.
(c) The happily married woman.
(d) A prostitute.

5. For Mencken, what is the nature of the range of the central psychological spectrum upon which all humans reside?
(a) From cold to romantic.
(b) From calm to paranoid.
(c) From slave mentality to free mentality.
(d) From introvert to extrovert.

Short Answer Questions

1. What American book does Mencken call one of history's great masterpieces?

2. Why does Mencken believe life on other planets is highly unlikely?

3. Who does Mencken consider the greatest classical composer?

4. What does Mencken say about the nature of scientific hypotheses?

5. What was the goal of early democratists?

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