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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the subject of "A Good Man Gone Wrong"?
(a) A man who heckled an animal at the zoo, and got arrested.
(b) A man who murdered at the request of another man's wife.
(c) A man who robbed in order to feed his family.
(d) A man who was jailed for protesting World War I.

2. Why might the Anglo-Saxon race have entered into the Spanish-American war, according to Mencken?
(a) The war protected vital interests in the Caribbean.
(b) They knew they could seize the Spanish crown.
(c) They were courageous and foolhardy.
(d) It was a war they were sure to win.

3. How did Mencken describe the music of Bach?
(a) "Genesis I, I"
(b) "Silver macaroni, exquisitely tangled."
(c) "Heaven upon a creamy macaroon."
(d) "The Deaf leading the Equally-Deaf."

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

5. What was the source of Oliver Wendell Holmes' allure?
(a) His ability to bribe officials at every level of government.
(b) His eloquent, epigrammatic writing style.
(c) His personal charisma and sometimes outrageous court antics.
(d) His ability to stick to the facts and write sound legal opinions.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mencken, the intellectual tradition of Whitman and Emerson had been transferred to which man?

2. What criticism did Mencken have for the effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?

3. What was the "last straw" that forced Mencken to quit the organization in #16?

4. What did Mencken satirize in "Quid Est Veritas"?

5. Which of the following describes an Anglo-Saxon soldier, according to Mencken?

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