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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the editor, why were the 1930s Mencken's "downfall"?
(a) The hardships in the country changed popular sentiment.
(b) Mencken's severe illness limited his output.
(c) Mencken spent most of the decade in Europe.
(d) President FDR waged a battle of personal attacks against Mencken.

2. What moral choice faced Mencken and a cop on New Year's Day, in "Recollections of Notable Cops"?
(a) They learned about a corrupt policeman, and had to decide whether to turn the man in.
(b) A prostitute bribed the policeman.
(c) A man clearly beat his wife, but could not be technically arrested.
(d) A dead man was found with a large sum of money in his pocket.

3. Charlie the policeman was charged with which task, in "Recollections of Notable Cops"?
(a) Recruiting craftsmen to refurbish the jail.
(b) Organizing the annual policeman's ball.
(c) Investigating a serial pursesnatcher.
(d) Finding and arresting at least a dozen drunkards every shift.

4. According to Mencken, what kind of books did Theodore Dreiser produce?
(a) Weighty, substantial tomes that one must concentrate on for a long time.
(b) Wheezing, moralizing diatribes.
(c) Breezy, summer-day reading.
(d) Books more important as museum pieces than texts that should be read.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Gore in the Caribees," how was Jose Miguel captured?

2. Which book was Mencken's touchstone into literature?

3. Which boat captain helped Mencken while in Cuba?

4. What was the name of H. L. Mencken's brother?

5. Why shouldn't men trust other men?

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