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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following was NOT an attribute of an artist, as Mencken describes in "The Artist"?
(a) The artist is patriotic.
(b) The artist turns against his country and countrymen.
(c) The artist is more sensitive to his environment than normal people.
(d) The artist is more easily wounded.

3. What did Mencken feel about "American thinking"?
(a) It is timid and superficial.
(b) It is bold and visionary.
(c) It is cautious, yet optimistic.
(d) It is full of awesome promise.

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

5. Which was one of Mencken's criticisms for Woodrow Wilson?
(a) He had "never looked a common man in the eye."
(b) He was stuffy and puritanical.
(c) He had the gall to pardon Eugene Debs.
(d) He took the presidential office by voter fraud and corruption.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mencken, what kind of books did Theodore Dreiser produce?

2. What did Mencken conclude in his examination of rulings in "Mr. Justice Holmes"?

3. What kind of presence did Henry Cabot Lodge have, according to Mencken?

4. What was the name of H. L. Mencken's brother?

5. How did Mencken describe the music of Bach?

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