1. In "Pater Patriae," which was NOT one of the reasons Mencken admired George Washington?
(a) He could cuss up a storm.
(b) He was tough-living, and whiskey-drinking.
(c) He was not convinced of the wisdom of common people.
(d) He put his trust and authority in intellectuals and lawyers.

2. What moral choice faced Mencken and a cop on New Year's Day, in "Recollections of Notable Cops"?
(a) They learned about a corrupt policeman, and had to decide whether to turn the man in.
(b) A man clearly beat his wife, but could not be technically arrested.
(c) A dead man was found with a large sum of money in his pocket.
(d) A prostitute bribed the policeman.

3. Which is one of the stated reasons the editor put the volume together?
(a) To introduce the works of H. L. Mencken to a new generation.
(b) To expose the corrupt policies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
(c) To sell books for profit.
(d) To fight charges that Mencken was racist.

4. According to Mencken, what kind of books did Theodore Dreiser produce?
(a) Books more important as museum pieces than texts that should be read.
(b) Breezy, summer-day reading.
(c) Wheezing, moralizing diatribes.
(d) Weighty, substantial tomes that one must concentrate on for a long time.

5. What was the "last straw" that forced Mencken to quit the organization in #16?
(a) The relentless shouting of his gym teacher.
(b) An evangelical teen in the reading room.
(c) The fact that the running track was rectangular.
(d) A painful accident with the horizontal bar.