1. According to Mencken, what if there had not been a Civil War in the United States?
(a) The South would have gotten rid of slavery anyway.
(b) The South would have been devastated economically.
(c) The South would be a desolate place full of "cow towns" with no culture.
(d) The South would have retained slavery as an institution.

2. What memorable simile did Mencken use for Grover Cleveland?
(a) Cleveland was like a newborn babe gazing at the stars for the first time.
(b) Cleveland was like a fragile butterfly with wings of dynamite.
(c) Cleveland was like a steel ship loaded with monoliths of granite.
(d) Cleveland was like a crocodile waiting to snap his jaws around the American public.

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

4. What was Roosevelt's strategy at the Democratic National Convention of 1932?
(a) He wished to delay as much as possible, and honor every minor parliamentary procedure.
(b) He wished to bribe key officials for the nomination.
(c) He wished to rush motions through and bypass parliamentary procedures.
(d) Roosevelt had a comic struggle to obtain the highest podium, so he might look the tallest.

5. Why did Mencken curse those who translated the Bible into English?
(a) They made the prose overly flowery and beautiful.
(b) They made many factual errors.
(c) They misinterpreted the principles of Jesus Christ.
(d) They made a host of grammatical errors.