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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 35-39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What profession should the truth-teller NOT aspire to, according to Mencken?
(a) The President of the United States.
(b) A jewelry maker.
(c) Owner of a large company.
(d) A bartender.

2. In "Travail," how did the boys going to school in the morning seem to Mencken?
(a) Energetic and hopeful.
(b) Like they might someday conquer the world.
(c) Upbeat and joyous.
(d) Tired and sad.

3. According to Mencken, how did members of the lower class respond to Wilson?
(a) They responded to his lower class domestic policies.
(b) They threw rotten vegetables at him at the convention.
(c) They were attracted to his lofty rhetoric.
(d) They "clapped like fools" at a recent speech.

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 courage.
(c) He didn't have the money to support a mistress.
(d) He had a conscience to tell him no.

5. What aspect of man-woman relationships are the movies incorrect about, according to Mencken?
(a) Women always begin a romance; men are too cowardly.
(b) There is no such thing as romantic love.
(c) Handsome men are not sought after by women.
(d) Men don't like to date women younger than themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the typical man have a poor conception of beauty?

2. What stance can Mencken be said to have taken in "Star-Spangled Man"?

3. Which man did Mencken dub the "Star-Spangled Man"?

4. Why, according to Mencken, do virtuous people end up sinning the worst?

5. What criticism did Dr. William Bayard Hale have for Woodrow Wilson?

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