1. Which is one of the stated reasons the editor put the volume together?
(a) To sell books for profit.
(b) To fight charges that Mencken was racist.
(c) To expose the corrupt policies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
(d) To introduce the works of H. L. Mencken to a new generation.

2. Why did Mencken disagree with contemporary assessments of Abraham Lincoln?
(a) Critics praised him as a hero and don't question some dubious sections of his biography.
(b) Abraham Lincoln did not get nearly enough credit for freeing the slaves, according to Mencken.
(c) Critics maligned Lincoln for his handling of the Civil War, and Mencken thinks he did a fine job.
(d) Mencken believed a much broader conspiracy was in place in regards to Lincoln's assassination.

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

4. In "Gore in the Caribees," how was Jose Miguel captured?
(a) He was captured after a fierce battle in which he showed his courage.
(b) Jose Miguel was caught while making a terrorist bomb.
(c) Jose Miguel was caught in bed with a prostitute.
(d) He was caught sleeping in a hammock.

5. According to Mencken, what kind of books did Theodore Dreiser produce?
(a) Breezy, summer-day reading.
(b) Books more important as museum pieces than texts that should be read.
(c) Wheezing, moralizing diatribes.
(d) Weighty, substantial tomes that one must concentrate on for a long time.