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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 19-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mencken wonder about Henry Cabot Lodge?
(a) Why he thought he was so superior to everyone.
(b) Why he did not pick a more noble profession.
(c) Why he felt he must belittle everyone around him.
(d) Why he did not run for president.

2. Which was NOT a feature of the ideal aristocracy, according to Mencken?
(a) The presence of a complex set of protocols and accepted behaviors.
(b) The presence of bold, free-thinking men.
(c) The ability to produce excellent art.
(d) Intellectual superiority.

3. Which was one of Mencken's criticisms for Woodrow Wilson?
(a) He had "never looked a common man in the eye."
(b) He took the presidential office by voter fraud and corruption.
(c) He was stuffy and puritanical.
(d) He had the gall to pardon Eugene Debs.

4. What was the nature of the Prince of Wales story Mencken tells in "The Art Eternal"?
(a) The Prince of Wales framed a murderer he could not imprison by lawful means.
(b) The Prince of Wales begged for alms, in order to display his humility.
(c) The Prince of Wales stole in order to feed his citizens.
(d) The Prince of Wales lied in order to protect the virtues of a woman.

5. Charlie the policeman was charged with which task, in "Recollections of Notable Cops"?
(a) Investigating a serial pursesnatcher.
(b) Finding and arresting at least a dozen drunkards every shift.
(c) Organizing the annual policeman's ball.
(d) Recruiting craftsmen to refurbish the jail.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who presided over the Republican Convention of 1920?

2. What aspect of man-woman relationships are the movies incorrect about, according to Mencken?

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

4. In "The Baltimore of the Eighties," why does Mencken's mother lament about a trip to the market?

5. What, according to Mencken, is "The Incomparable Buzz-Saw"?

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