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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 24-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to "Quid Est Veritas?," what kind of religion professes to know God exactly and completely?
(a) Perfect religions.
(b) Primitive religions.
(c) Admirable religions.
(d) American religions.

2. What dominated Puritanism, according to Mencken in "The National Letters"?
(a) Free-thinking men of purpose.
(b) Fear, and the suspicion of art.
(c) The simple necessities of food, clothing, and shelter.
(d) Religious tomfoolery.

3. Which man did Mencken dub the "Star-Spangled Man"?
(a) Woodrow Wilson.
(b) William Jennings Bryan.
(c) George Washington.
(d) John Pershing.

4. What cheeky nickname did Mencken give Theodore Dreiser?
(a) The Jack Ripper of the novel.
(b) The Clown Prince of prose.
(c) The Hindenburg of the novel.
(d) The Frankenstein of the short story.

5. How was Theodore Dreiser like Joseph Conrad, according to Mencken?
(a) They both had a love of pirate adventures and the sea life.
(b) They both seemed to hate women.
(c) Both men were inherently optimistic.
(d) Both men shared an innate pessimism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT something that exists as a result of the Anglo-Saxon race, according to Mencken?

2. What does Mencken call a man who resists the charms of women?

3. Which historical figure did Mencken ridicule by stating he was known as a "plaster saint"?

4. What moral choice faced Mencken and a cop on New Year's Day, in "Recollections of Notable Cops"?

5. What do saints have in common with scientists?

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