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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the source of Oliver Wendell Holmes' allure?
(a) His eloquent, epigrammatic writing style.
(b) His ability to bribe officials at every level of government.
(c) His ability to stick to the facts and write sound legal opinions.
(d) His personal charisma and sometimes outrageous court antics.

2. Why shouldn't men trust other men?
(a) Men can become violent at any moment.
(b) Men lie constantly.
(c) Men are only interested in accumulating wealth.
(d) Men can be subject to temptation, and thus betrayal.

3. What is a man's usual response to beauty?
(a) Lust.
(b) Romantic affection.
(c) Highly-violent behavior.
(d) Indifference.

4. Which of the following could NOT be used to describe Mencken's tone in "Star-Spangled Man"?
(a) Sentimental.
(b) Tongue-in-cheek.
(c) Sarcastic.
(d) Hyperbolic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem did Mencken have with Justice Holmes' final court case?

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

3. What was the nature of the Prince of Wales story Mencken tells in "The Art Eternal"?

4. In "The Good Man," what general statement did Mencken make about mankind?

5. What was the subject of "A Good Man Gone Wrong"?

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