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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the nature of the Prince of Wales story Mencken tells in "The Art Eternal"?
(a) The Prince of Wales lied in order to protect the virtues of a woman.
(b) The Prince of Wales begged for alms, in order to display his humility.
(c) The Prince of Wales stole in order to feed his citizens.
(d) The Prince of Wales framed a murderer he could not imprison by lawful means.

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

4. What does Mencken make synonymous with democracy in "A Blind Spot"?
(a) Puritanism.
(b) Agnosticism.
(c) Hedonism.
(d) Totalitarianism.

5. Who was the president of Cuba when Mencken visited the country in "Gore in the Caribees"?
(a) Teodorio.
(b) Jose Miguel.
(c) Leonhard.
(d) Menocal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which was one of Mencken's criticisms for Woodrow Wilson?

2. Which of the following could NOT be used to describe Mencken's tone in "Star-Spangled Man"?

3. How was Theodore Dreiser like Joseph Conrad, according to Mencken?

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

5. According to Mencken, how did members of the lower class respond to Wilson?

(see the answer key)

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