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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 29-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Mencken, what was Christianity's history with lying?
(a) Every sermon uttered by a priest is a lie.
(b) Lying is not expressly forbidden, and is oftentimes even encouraged.
(c) One must lie to oneself in order to adhere to religious beliefs.
(d) Lying is a great sin before God.

2. What kind of presence did Henry Cabot Lodge have, according to Mencken?
(a) Lodge swore often and told dirty jokes, shocking women.
(b) Lodge was powerful and authoritative.
(c) Lodge was cantankerous and given to bickering.
(d) Lodge was meek and soft-voiced.

3. What did Mencken think about monogamy, as revealed in "Cavia Cobaya"?
(a) Monogamy was the laughable product of democracy.
(b) Functionally, monogamy was the same as polygamy, because everyone cheats.
(c) Great men aspired to and achieved it.
(d) Monogamy stifled the natural urgings of a man.

4. Who was Mencken with at a Bach concert in Pennsylvania when he decided to get some liquor?
(a) Alfred Knopf.
(b) Gene the magistrate.
(c) Henry Cabot Lodge.
(d) Woodrow Wilson.

5. What aspect of man-woman relationships are the movies incorrect about, according to Mencken?
(a) Women always begin a romance; men are too cowardly.
(b) There is no such thing as romantic love.
(c) Handsome men are not sought after by women.
(d) Men don't like to date women younger than themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mencken state about the literary influence(s) of Theodore Dreiser?

2. Which man did Mencken dub the "Star-Spangled Man"?

3. Why do "handsome men" deserve suspicion?

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

5. What one thing did Mencken feel was useful from the contributions of Sigmund Freud?

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