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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Gore in the Caribees," how was Jose Miguel captured?
(a) Jose Miguel was caught in bed with a prostitute.
(b) Jose Miguel was caught while making a terrorist bomb.
(c) He was caught sleeping in a hammock.
(d) He was captured after a fierce battle in which he showed his courage.

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

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

4. In which city did Mencken grow up?
(a) Cincinnati.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Baltimore.
(d) Pittsburgh.

5. What was Alistair Cooke's relationship to H. L. Mencken?
(a) A political enemy.
(b) A poet whom Mencken greatly admires.
(c) A childhood acquaintance.
(d) A journalist and friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why shouldn't men trust other men?

2. What was the subject of the first Mencken-written article that was ever published?

3. What does Mencken make synonymous with democracy in "A Blind Spot"?

4. What moral choice faced Mencken and a cop on New Year's Day, in "Recollections of Notable Cops"?

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

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