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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What part of Mencken's work is NOT included in the volume?
(a) Mencken's esoteric views on art and art history.
(b) Mencken's nostalgic musings on Baltimore.
(c) Mencken's work on language and grammar.
(d) Mencken's political discourse of the 1920s.

4. How was Theodore Dreiser like Joseph Conrad, according to Mencken?
(a) They both seemed to hate women.
(b) Both men shared an innate pessimism.
(c) They both had a love of pirate adventures and the sea life.
(d) Both men were inherently optimistic.

5. Who is the editor of this volume?
(a) H. L. Mencken.
(b) Alistair Cooke.
(c) Alfred Knopf.
(d) William Jennings Bryan.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to "Text for Newspaper Days," what is modern journalism missing?

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

4. What does Mencken call a man who resists the charms of women?

5. According to the editor, why were the 1930s Mencken's "downfall"?

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