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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Gore in the Caribees," what was Mencken's perspective on the revolution in Cuba?
(a) Mencken thought it is newsworthy, and he asks to cover it.
(b) Mencken was fervently pro-Cuba, and travels to the country to engage in propaganda.
(c) Mencken thought the event is not newsworthy, and only reluctantly does he travel to cover it.
(d) Mencken refused to cover the event, and is fired by his newspaper.

2. What does Mencken call a man who resists the charms of women?
(a) A most rare beast indeed.
(b) A most disgusting cad.
(c) An exceedingly wise stone statue.
(d) A most distinguished gentleman.

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

4. How was Mencken able to get a taxi driver to drive him to a speakeasy in Pennsylvania?
(a) He gave the driver a ten dollar bill.
(b) He threatened the driver with jail time.
(c) He showed the driver the musical score from a Bach concert.
(d) He agreed to write an article about the driver.

5. What was the result of Mencken's attempt to trace the lineage of the Anglo-Saxon race?
(a) It was too complicated, and he gave up.
(b) He traced it to a tribe in Western Africa.
(c) Mencken claimed, sarcastically, that he himself represents the apex of the race.
(d) He pointed out that the race was never the same after a battle in 1066.

Short Answer Questions

1. What organization did Mencken's father force him to join at age fourteen?

2. What was Mencken's nickname for Chesapeake Bay?

3. Why does the typical man have a poor conception of beauty?

4. Which historical figure did Mencken ridicule by stating he was known as a "plaster saint"?

5. Why was Theodore Dreiser compared to Franz Schubert by Mencken?

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