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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which boat captain helped Mencken while in Cuba?
(a) Ignacio.
(b) Demetrio.
(c) Leonhard.
(d) Menocal.

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

3. What do saints have in common with scientists?
(a) Both corrupt the truth to suit their best interests.
(b) Both unselfishly serve mankind.
(c) Both simply seek the truth.
(d) Both manipulate public opinion to advance their own position.

4. Which is NOT a reason Mencken gives for admiring Theodore Dreiser?
(a) The ability for Dreiser to touch a reader on an emotional level.
(b) Dreiser's insistence on describing every detail of a scene.
(c) Dreiser's unchanging subject matter and style.
(d) Dreiser's unique place in the world of literature.

5. What was the subject of the first Mencken-written article that was ever published?
(a) Political discontent in Europe.
(b) A high-society party.
(c) A horse robbery.
(d) The gold standard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Mencken's work is NOT included in the volume?

2. According to "Quid Est Veritas?," what kind of religion professes to know God exactly and completely?

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

4. What is democracy's "aim," according to Mencken?

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

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