1. 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 prostitute bribed the policeman.
(c) A dead man was found with a large sum of money in his pocket.
(d) A man clearly beat his wife, but could not be technically arrested.

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

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

4. What part of Mencken's work is NOT included in the volume?
(a) Mencken's esoteric views on art and art history.
(b) Mencken's political discourse of the 1920s.
(c) Mencken's work on language and grammar.
(d) Mencken's nostalgic musings on Baltimore.

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