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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 40-44.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mencken call a man who resists the charms of women?
(a) A most distinguished gentleman.
(b) A most disgusting cad.
(c) A most rare beast indeed.
(d) An exceedingly wise stone statue.

2. Who were the two attorneys in the Scopes monkey trial?
(a) Clarence Darrow and Henry Cabot Lodge.
(b) William Jennings Bryan and Andrew Still.
(c) William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow.
(d) Theodore Dreiser and John Pershing.

3. Mencken provided what colorful phrase to describe a woman's body?
(a) An hourglass of horrors.
(b) A drunken dollar-mark.
(c) A slap-happy seal.
(d) A star-spangled mess.

4. How did Mencken describe the music of Puccini?
(a) "Two intertwined dogs yapping at each other."
(b) "Two embalmers at work upon a minor poet."
(c) "Silver macaroni, exquisitely tangled."
(d) "A dozen wind chimes in a hurricane."

5. What was the flaw of FDR's opponent in the Democratic National Convention of 1932?
(a) He was ruined by a scandal involving adultery.
(b) He was a complete political rookie.
(c) He was blinded by his hatred for FDR.
(d) He was too old, and he looked like a mummy next to FDR.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT something that exists as a result of the Anglo-Saxon race, according to Mencken?

2. Which was NOT a source of loud noise in the Baltimore of the 1880s, according to Mencken?

3. How do common folk read the Bible, according to Mencken in "Holy Writ"?

4. What did Mencken wonder about Henry Cabot Lodge?

5. Why does the typical man have a poor conception of beauty?

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