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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 "Quid Est Veritas?," what kind of religion professes to know God exactly and completely?
(a) Primitive religions.
(b) American religions.
(c) Admirable religions.
(d) Perfect religions.

2. What criticism did Dr. William Bayard Hale have for Woodrow Wilson?
(a) As an orator, Wilson was dull, and focuses too much on foreign policy.
(b) Wilson had the gall to pardon Eugene Debs.
(c) His rhetoric was lofty, but ultimately empty of substance.
(d) Wilson was more interested in tea parties and social functions than policy discussions.

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

4. Which of the following could NOT be used to describe Mencken's tone in "Star-Spangled Man"?
(a) Sentimental.
(b) Hyperbolic.
(c) Sarcastic.
(d) Tongue-in-cheek.

5. Which man did Mencken dub the "Star-Spangled Man"?
(a) William Jennings Bryan.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Woodrow Wilson.
(d) John Pershing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must modern religions do to "escape absurdity"?

2. According to the editor, why were the 1930s Mencken's "downfall"?

3. Why was early Christianity superior to modern Christianity, per "Holy Writ"?

4. What was the subject of "The Noble Experiment"?

5. Which of the following is NOT something that exists as a result of the Anglo-Saxon race, according to Mencken?

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