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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 19-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What criticism did Dr. William Bayard Hale have for Woodrow Wilson?
(a) His rhetoric was lofty, but ultimately empty of substance.
(b) Wilson was more interested in tea parties and social functions than policy discussions.
(c) Wilson had the gall to pardon Eugene Debs.
(d) As an orator, Wilson was dull, and focuses too much on foreign policy.

2. What was Mencken's criticism for Lincoln's Gettysburg Address?
(a) It was a slap in the face to Southern Democrats.
(b) It was full of racist remarks and innuendo.
(c) It was more about logistics and policy than stirring rhetoric.
(d) It was more poetry than logic.

3. How was Theodore Dreiser like Joseph Conrad, according to Mencken?
(a) Both men were inherently optimistic.
(b) They both had a love of pirate adventures and the sea life.
(c) They both seemed to hate women.
(d) Both men shared an innate pessimism.

4. What famous speech did Ralph Waldo Emerson deliver in 1837?
(a) The Merits of Monogamy.
(b) The Awfulness of War.
(c) The Pride of European Intellectualism.
(d) The American Scholar.

5. Which war was General John Pershing most famously involved in?
(a) World War I.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) World War II.
(d) The War of the Roses.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Good Man," what general statement did Mencken make about mankind?

2. Which book was Mencken's touchstone into literature?

3. What was Mencken's nickname for Chesapeake Bay?

4. What was the subject of the first Mencken-written article that was ever published?

5. Which was NOT one of the reasons why a Christian wouldn't man cheat on his wife, according to "The Libertine"?

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