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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 10-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which was NOT a source of terrible smell in the Baltimore of the 1880s, according to Mencken?
(a) Wilkins Hair Factory.
(b) The Back Basin.
(c) The St. Helen's insane asylum.
(d) The glue factory.

2. According to "Text for Newspaper Days," what is modern journalism missing?
(a) Proper fact checking.
(b) A carefree nature.
(c) Multiple points of view.
(d) Proper attention to art and art history.

3. In "The Baltimore of the Eighties," why does Mencken's mother lament about a trip to the market?
(a) The price of crabs had doubled.
(b) A pickpocket had stolen her purse.
(c) The vendors had started charging for roe.
(d) Mencken had stolen some penny candy.

4. In "Recollections of Notable Cops," why does Mencken find the idea of a police academy remarkable?
(a) Academies usually teach useless skills; police academies teach useful skills.
(b) Mencken regards policemen as corrupt, vicious brutes.
(c) Mencken states that police academies are contrary to the ideals of democracy.
(d) Cops in Mencken's younger days were not educated.

5. According to the editor, why were the 1930s Mencken's "downfall"?
(a) Mencken's severe illness limited his output.
(b) President FDR waged a battle of personal attacks against Mencken.
(c) The hardships in the country changed popular sentiment.
(d) Mencken spent most of the decade in Europe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What one thing did Mencken feel was useful from the contributions of Sigmund Freud?

2. How was Theodore Dreiser like Joseph Conrad, according to Mencken?

3. According to "The Incomparable Buzz-Saw," what is a woman's only power?

4. Which was NOT a source of loud noise in the Baltimore of the 1880s, according to Mencken?

5. What do saints have in common with scientists?

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