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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Mencken describe the music of Bach?
(a) "The Deaf leading the Equally-Deaf."
(b) "Genesis I, I"
(c) "Silver macaroni, exquisitely tangled."
(d) "Heaven upon a creamy macaroon."

2. Who presided over the Republican Convention of 1920?
(a) Grover Garfield.
(b) William Jennings Bryan.
(c) Henry Cabot Lodge.
(d) Franklin Pierce.

3. What did Mencken conclude in his examination of rulings in "Mr. Justice Holmes"?
(a) Justice Holmes ruled too often in favor of the powers that be, rather than the people.
(b) Justice Holmes rendered fantastically bizarre rulings, and should be impeached.
(c) Mencken slyly suggests Holmes should tuck chickens under his arms because of his chicken-like cowardice.
(d) Justice Holmes ruled too often for rabble-rousers, and not often enough for the aristocracy.

4. How would Mencken respond to the notion that William Jennings Bryan was an earnest man?
(a) He was not earnest; he was inherently two-faced.
(b) He was earnest to the public, but in private he was a swindler and schemer.
(c) He might have been earnest, but that was about his only admirable quality.
(d) Earnest or no, he did the right thing in the Scopes monkey trial.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Valentino," what did the press find in a men's bathroom that caused them to mock Valentino and his "Latin Lover" image?

2. What was the result of Mencken's attempt to trace the lineage of the Anglo-Saxon race?

3. According to "Text for Newspaper Days," what is modern journalism missing?

4. Which was described as Mencken's earliest memory?

5. What did Mencken think about Lincoln's issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation?

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