1. What profession should the truth-teller NOT aspire to, according to Mencken?
(a) The President of the United States.
(b) A bartender.
(c) A jewelry maker.
(d) Owner of a large company.

2. Which boat captain helped Mencken while in Cuba?
(a) Ignacio.
(b) Demetrio.
(c) Leonhard.
(d) Menocal.

3. Why did Mencken disagree with contemporary assessments of Abraham Lincoln?
(a) Abraham Lincoln did not get nearly enough credit for freeing the slaves, according to Mencken.
(b) Mencken believed a much broader conspiracy was in place in regards to Lincoln's assassination.
(c) Critics maligned Lincoln for his handling of the Civil War, and Mencken thinks he did a fine job.
(d) Critics praised him as a hero and don't question some dubious sections of his biography.

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

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