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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Mencken, the intellectual tradition of Whitman and Emerson had been transferred to which man?
(a) William Jennings Bryan.
(b) Theodore Dreiser.
(c) Jose Miguel Gomez.
(d) Van Wyck Brooks.

3. In "Star-Spangled Man," Mencken argued that who, besides soldiers, should get medals?
(a) Anyone hostile to the United States.
(b) Writers and intellectuals.
(c) Murderers, thieves, and rapists.
(d) Dock workers and tugboat captains.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Gore in the Caribees," what was Mencken's perspective on the revolution in Cuba?

2. According to Mencken, what was the Union fighting for in the Civil War?

3. How did Gene the magistrate handle an overzealous Methodist clergyman?

4. In "Pater Patriae," which was NOT one of the reasons Mencken admired George Washington?

5. Which boat captain helped Mencken while in Cuba?

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