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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the subject of the first Mencken-written article that was ever published?
(a) A high-society party.
(b) The gold standard.
(c) Political discontent in Europe.
(d) A horse robbery.

2. According to "The Incomparable Buzz-Saw," what is a woman's only power?
(a) The power to torture a man through love.
(b) The power over her children.
(c) The power of a house's pursestrings.
(d) The power to ruin a man's life with divorce.

3. What did Mencken think about Lincoln's issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation?
(a) Lincoln issued the proclamation in a desperate and emotionally-troubled state.
(b) Lincoln was tricked into issuing the proclamation by business interests.
(c) Lincoln delayed releasing the proclamation until a politically-favorable time.
(d) Lincoln was doing the bidding of "Black Republicans" by releasing the proclamation.

4. Which was NOT one of the reasons why a Christian wouldn't man cheat on his wife, according to "The Libertine"?
(a) He was too fatigued by all the Christian rules he must follow.
(b) He didn't have the money to support a mistress.
(c) He had a conscience to tell him no.
(d) He didn't have the courage.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which war was General John Pershing most famously involved in?

2. What cheeky nickname did Mencken give Theodore Dreiser?

3. According to "Text for Newspaper Days," what is modern journalism missing?

4. Which of the following could NOT be used to describe Mencken's tone in "Star-Spangled Man"?

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

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