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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of presence did Henry Cabot Lodge have, according to Mencken?
(a) Lodge swore often and told dirty jokes, shocking women.
(b) Lodge was cantankerous and given to bickering.
(c) Lodge was meek and soft-voiced.
(d) Lodge was powerful and authoritative.

2. Why was early Christianity superior to modern Christianity, per "Holy Writ"?
(a) Services took place in cold places, to ensure better concentration.
(b) Early Christianity had a less strict interpretation of Biblical stories.
(c) It featured a lot less sermonizing.
(d) It featured more moral instructions.

3. What was "The Art Eternal" according to Mencken?
(a) Prostitution.
(b) Literature.
(c) Portrait painting.
(d) Lying.

4. What did Mencken think about monogamy, as revealed in "Cavia Cobaya"?
(a) Monogamy stifled the natural urgings of a man.
(b) Monogamy was the laughable product of democracy.
(c) Functionally, monogamy was the same as polygamy, because everyone cheats.
(d) Great men aspired to and achieved it.

5. In "Gore in the Caribees," what was Mencken's perspective on the revolution in Cuba?
(a) Mencken thought it is newsworthy, and he asks to cover it.
(b) Mencken was fervently pro-Cuba, and travels to the country to engage in propaganda.
(c) Mencken thought the event is not newsworthy, and only reluctantly does he travel to cover it.
(d) Mencken refused to cover the event, and is fired by his newspaper.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mencken, what was Christianity's history with lying?

2. What does Mencken state about the literary influence(s) of Theodore Dreiser?

3. What did Mencken think about Lincoln's issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation?

4. What did Mencken satirize in "Quid Est Veritas"?

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

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