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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 the Union fighting for in the Civil War?
(a) Profit.
(b) Against the notion of self-determinism.
(c) Self-governance.
(d) Freedom.

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

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

4. Which was NOT a source of terrible smell in the Baltimore of the 1880s, according to Mencken?
(a) The St. Helen's insane asylum.
(b) The glue factory.
(c) The Back Basin.
(d) Wilkins Hair Factory.

5. What quotation did Mencken borrow from Theodore Dreiser in "Cavia Cobaya"?
(a) Does a woman of considerable means ever want for a man of inconsiderable means?
(b) Does the average strong, successful man confine himself to one woman?
(c) Does the temperate, invulnerable man ever give in to the sins of alcohol?
(d) Does a man of moderate means never aspire to great wealth?

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mencken think about Woodrow Wilson's biography of George Washington?

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

3. How was Mencken able to get a taxi driver to drive him to a speakeasy in Pennsylvania?

4. Which of the following was NOT a name applied to William Jennings Bryan by Mencken?

5. What moral choice faced Mencken and a cop on New Year's Day, in "Recollections of Notable Cops"?

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