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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 45-49.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What cheeky nickname did Mencken give Theodore Dreiser?
(a) The Clown Prince of prose.
(b) The Hindenburg of the novel.
(c) The Frankenstein of the short story.
(d) The Jack Ripper of the novel.

2. What was Theodore Dreiser's national and ethnic background?
(a) German.
(b) French.
(c) American.
(d) Swedish.

3. What one thing did Mencken feel was useful from the contributions of Sigmund Freud?
(a) The notion that people could be easily hypnotized.
(b) The notion that "mother issues" were deeply-seated.
(c) The notion that lying stemmed from an unconscious place.
(d) The notion that dreams could reveal aspects of our everyday lives.

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

5. Which of the following describes an Anglo-Saxon soldier, according to Mencken?
(a) A cowardice and ready willingness to desert.
(b) A remarkable physical constitution.
(c) A strong sense of tactics as well as strategy.
(d) A tendency to be able to bore the enemy to death with a long speech.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following might Mencken say about Calvin Coolidge?

2. According to Mencken, how might Calvin Coolidge had handled the Great Depression?

3. Which of the following did NOT happen during "The Hills of Zion"?

4. What was the nature of the analogy Mencken uses involving Oliver Wendell Holmes, a hammer, and a feather?

5. According to Mencken, how did members of the lower class respond to Wilson?

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