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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Mencken disagree with contemporary assessments of Abraham Lincoln?
(a) Mencken believed a much broader conspiracy was in place in regards to Lincoln's assassination.
(b) Abraham Lincoln did not get nearly enough credit for freeing the slaves, according to Mencken.
(c) Critics maligned Lincoln for his handling of the Civil War, and Mencken thinks he did a fine job.
(d) Critics praised him as a hero and don't question some dubious sections of his biography.

2. How did Mencken appraise Valentino in their dinner meeting?
(a) Valentino was a noble soul questioning his vulgar acting profession.
(b) Valentino was a genius who would be better suited as a scientist or engineer.
(c) Valentino was a ham actor of the highest order.
(d) Valentino was a brute who did not deserve his fame or money.

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

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

5. Which of the following is NOT something that exists as a result of the Anglo-Saxon race, according to Mencken?
(a) A tradition of cultural superiority.
(b) The slaughter of American Indians.
(c) The Ku Klux Klan.
(d) Fundamentalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Gore in the Caribees," how was Jose Miguel captured?

2. Which war was General John Pershing most famously involved in?

3. How was Theodore Dreiser like Joseph Conrad, according to Mencken?

4. Which was NOT one of the reasons why a Christian wouldn't man cheat on his wife, according to "The Libertine"?

5. What was NOT a feature of chiropractors, according to "Chiropractic"?

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