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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 10-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What one thing did Mencken feel was useful from the contributions of Sigmund Freud?
(a) The notion that lying stemmed from an unconscious place.
(b) The notion that "mother issues" were deeply-seated.
(c) The notion that dreams could reveal aspects of our everyday lives.
(d) The notion that people could be easily hypnotized.

3. What was "The Art Eternal" according to Mencken?
(a) Literature.
(b) Lying.
(c) Prostitution.
(d) Portrait painting.

4. What, according to Mencken, is "The Incomparable Buzz-Saw"?
(a) War.
(b) The allure of a woman.
(c) A great work of art.
(d) The horrible smells of Baltimore in the 1880s.

5. What was Theodore Dreiser's national and ethnic background?
(a) American.
(b) German.
(c) Swedish.
(d) French.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mencken, what was Christianity's history with lying?

2. Which is NOT a reason Mencken gives for admiring Theodore Dreiser?

3. According to "The Skeptic," what do women always bear?

4. What human flaw does democracy depend upon, according to Mencken?

5. What was the nature of the Prince of Wales story Mencken tells in "The Art Eternal"?

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