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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 5-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which was NOT a source of loud noise in the Baltimore of the 1880s, according to Mencken?
(a) Iron tires hitting hard cobblestone streets.
(b) Penny candy vendors hawking their candy.
(c) Barking dogs.
(d) Children singing and yelling in the streets.

3. According to the editor, why were the 1930s Mencken's "downfall"?
(a) President FDR waged a battle of personal attacks against Mencken.
(b) Mencken spent most of the decade in Europe.
(c) Mencken's severe illness limited his output.
(d) The hardships in the country changed popular sentiment.

4. Which decade, according to the author, was Mencken at his best?
(a) The 1920s.
(b) The 1910s.
(c) The 1940s.
(d) The 1930s.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "Text for Newspaper Days," what is modern journalism missing?

2. How did Gene the magistrate handle an overzealous Methodist clergyman?

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

4. According to Mencken, what kind of books did Theodore Dreiser produce?

5. In "Pater Patriae," which was NOT one of the reasons Mencken admired George Washington?

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