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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 10-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which decade, according to the author, was Mencken at his best?
(a) The 1930s.
(b) The 1910s.
(c) The 1920s.
(d) The 1940s.

3. What was Mencken's nickname for Chesapeake Bay?
(a) The protein factory.
(b) Crab central.
(c) Home of the yummy lobsters.
(d) The big blue.

4. Who was the president of Cuba when Mencken visited the country in "Gore in the Caribees"?
(a) Teodorio.
(b) Leonhard.
(c) Jose Miguel.
(d) Menocal.

5. According to Mencken, what was Christianity's history with lying?
(a) Lying is not expressly forbidden, and is oftentimes even encouraged.
(b) One must lie to oneself in order to adhere to religious beliefs.
(c) Every sermon uttered by a priest is a lie.
(d) Lying is a great sin before God.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is NOT one of the reasons winters were difficult in 1880s Baltimore?

2. In "The Baltimore of the Eighties," why does Mencken's mother lament about a trip to the market?

3. What organization did Mencken's father force him to join at age fourteen?

4. How did Gene the magistrate handle an overzealous Methodist clergyman?

5. In which city did Mencken grow up?

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