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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who were the two attorneys in the Scopes monkey trial?
(a) Clarence Darrow and Henry Cabot Lodge.
(b) William Jennings Bryan and Andrew Still.
(c) William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow.
(d) Theodore Dreiser and John Pershing.

3. Which of the following did NOT happen during "The Hills of Zion"?
(a) A young woman went into convulsions.
(b) A woman warned against reading books.
(c) The preacher began to speak in tongues.
(d) A preacher appeared to strangle a woman to death before he miraculously "cures" her.

4. Why was Theodore Dreiser compared to Franz Schubert by Mencken?
(a) Dreiser and Schubert used whimsy, irony, and a sense of silliness.
(b) Dreiser and Schubert both created work that is "lighter than air."
(c) Dreiser and Schubert didn't know the theory of their arts, but nonetheless they produce valuable work.
(d) Dreiser and Schubert exhibited an uncommon and sometimes perverse imagination.

5. Which of the following is NOT a trait of the writer, according to Mencken in "The Author at Work"?
(a) The writer is a social creature.
(b) The writer is a hypochondriac.
(c) The writer is starved for attention.
(d) The writer is in it for the money.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "The Skeptic," what do women always bear?

2. Who is the editor of this volume?

3. What part of Mencken's work is NOT included in the volume?

4. What profession should the truth-teller NOT aspire to, according to Mencken?

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

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