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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 35-39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the subject of the first Mencken-written article that was ever published?
(a) A horse robbery.
(b) A high-society party.
(c) The gold standard.
(d) Political discontent in Europe.

2. What part of Mencken's work is NOT included in the volume?
(a) Mencken's nostalgic musings on Baltimore.
(b) Mencken's esoteric views on art and art history.
(c) Mencken's political discourse of the 1920s.
(d) Mencken's work on language and grammar.

3. In "The Baltimore of the Eighties," why does Mencken's mother lament about a trip to the market?
(a) A pickpocket had stolen her purse.
(b) Mencken had stolen some penny candy.
(c) The vendors had started charging for roe.
(d) The price of crabs had doubled.

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

5. Which was described as Mencken's earliest memory?
(a) Attending a speech of William Jennings Bryan.
(b) Getting bitten by a snake.
(c) Watching a carnival of the Order of Orioles.
(d) Swatting flies with his brother in the kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do "handsome men" deserve suspicion?

2. Who was the president of Cuba when Mencken visited the country in "Gore in the Caribees"?

3. In "The Good Man," what general statement did Mencken make about mankind?

4. According to "The Incomparable Buzz-Saw," what is a woman's only power?

5. In "Recollections of Notable Cops," why does Mencken find the idea of a police academy remarkable?

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