1. How was Mencken able to get a taxi driver to drive him to a speakeasy in Pennsylvania?
(a) He agreed to write an article about the driver.
(b) He threatened the driver with jail time.
(c) He showed the driver the musical score from a Bach concert.
(d) He gave the driver a ten dollar bill.

2. In what way did Mencken mock General John Pershing?
(a) Mencken made fun of a recent photograph of Pershing wrapped in an American flag.
(b) Mencken brought to light the existence of Pershing's mistress.
(c) Mencken mocked Pershing for a recent bumbling speech.
(d) Mencken felt the vast amount of medals pinned to Pershing's uniform makes the man look ridiculous.

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

4. In "Recollections of Notable Cops," why does Mencken find the idea of a police academy remarkable?
(a) Mencken states that police academies are contrary to the ideals of democracy.
(b) Cops in Mencken's younger days were not educated.
(c) Mencken regards policemen as corrupt, vicious brutes.
(d) Academies usually teach useless skills; police academies teach useful skills.

5. What one thing did Mencken feel was useful from the contributions of Sigmund Freud?
(a) The notion that lying stemmed from an unconscious place.
(b) The notion that "mother issues" were deeply-seated.
(c) The notion that people could be easily hypnotized.
(d) The notion that dreams could reveal aspects of our everyday lives.