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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 15-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do saints have in common with scientists?
(a) Both corrupt the truth to suit their best interests.
(b) Both unselfishly serve mankind.
(c) Both simply seek the truth.
(d) Both manipulate public opinion to advance their own position.

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

3. Which was described as Mencken's earliest memory?
(a) Getting bitten by a snake.
(b) Attending a speech of William Jennings Bryan.
(c) Watching a carnival of the Order of Orioles.
(d) Swatting flies with his brother in the kitchen.

4. According to "The Incomparable Buzz-Saw," what is a woman's only power?
(a) The power over her children.
(b) The power of a house's pursestrings.
(c) The power to ruin a man's life with divorce.
(d) The power to torture a man through love.

5. What did Mencken feel about "American thinking"?
(a) It is timid and superficial.
(b) It is cautious, yet optimistic.
(c) It is bold and visionary.
(d) It is full of awesome promise.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mencken's criticism for Lincoln's Gettysburg Address?

2. In which city did Mencken grow up?

3. Why shouldn't men trust other men?

4. In "Recollections of Notable Cops," why does Mencken find the idea of a police academy remarkable?

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

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