1. What was Mencken's nickname for Chesapeake Bay?
(a) The big blue.
(b) Crab central.
(c) Home of the yummy lobsters.
(d) The protein factory.

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

3. Charlie the policeman was charged with which task, in "Recollections of Notable Cops"?
(a) Organizing the annual policeman's ball.
(b) Investigating a serial pursesnatcher.
(c) Finding and arresting at least a dozen drunkards every shift.
(d) Recruiting craftsmen to refurbish the jail.

4. In "Gore in the Caribees," what was Mencken's perspective on the revolution in Cuba?
(a) Mencken refused to cover the event, and is fired by his newspaper.
(b) Mencken thought it is newsworthy, and he asks to cover it.
(c) Mencken was fervently pro-Cuba, and travels to the country to engage in propaganda.
(d) Mencken thought the event is not newsworthy, and only reluctantly does he travel to cover it.

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