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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which city did Mencken grow up?
(a) Pittsburgh.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Cincinnati.
(d) Baltimore.

2. What did Mencken satirize in "Quid Est Veritas"?
(a) Aristocrats.
(b) Country doctors.
(c) Organized religion.
(d) Those who insisted Latin was not a dead language.

3. Which was NOT a feature of the ideal aristocracy, according to Mencken?
(a) The presence of bold, free-thinking men.
(b) Intellectual superiority.
(c) The presence of a complex set of protocols and accepted behaviors.
(d) The ability to produce excellent art.

4. What stance can Mencken be said to have taken in "Star-Spangled Man"?
(a) Pro-life.
(b) Anti-establishment.
(c) Pro-gun.
(d) Anti-war.

5. Which is one of the stated reasons the editor put the volume together?
(a) To fight charges that Mencken was racist.
(b) To introduce the works of H. L. Mencken to a new generation.
(c) To sell books for profit.
(d) To expose the corrupt policies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "Quid Est Veritas?," what kind of religion professes to know God exactly and completely?

2. Which was NOT a source of loud noise in the Baltimore of the 1880s, according to Mencken?

3. Why do the majority of people lie, according to Mencken?

4. Which is NOT one of the reasons winters were difficult in 1880s Baltimore?

5. Which historical figure did Mencken ridicule by stating he was known as a "plaster saint"?

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