1. Which was NOT a source of terrible smell in the Baltimore of the 1880s, according to Mencken?
(a) The St. Helen's insane asylum.
(b) Wilkins Hair Factory.
(c) The Back Basin.
(d) The glue factory.

2. What did Gene the magistrate do with respect to an old man in his court accused of wife beating?
(a) Gene applauded the man for keeping his wife well-behaved.
(b) Gene threatened the man with made-up punishments to get him to reform.
(c) Gene put him in jail for two years.
(d) Gene had the court bailiff beat the man, just as he had beat his wife.

3. How did Gene the magistrate handle an overzealous Methodist clergyman?
(a) Gene had policemen follow the clergyman wherever he went.
(b) Gene ruled that the clergyman was within his rights to practice in the Jewish ghetto.
(c) Gene ruled that religion was essential to the functioning of a democracy.
(d) Gene created trumped-up charges to render him no longer a problem.

4. In "Recollections of Notable Cops," why does Mencken find the idea of a police academy remarkable?
(a) Mencken regards policemen as corrupt, vicious brutes.
(b) Cops in Mencken's younger days were not educated.
(c) Academies usually teach useless skills; police academies teach useful skills.
(d) Mencken states that police academies are contrary to the ideals of democracy.

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