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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Travail," how did the boys going to school in the morning seem to Mencken?
(a) Energetic and hopeful.
(b) Tired and sad.
(c) Like they might someday conquer the world.
(d) Upbeat and joyous.

2. Which war was General John Pershing most famously involved in?
(a) World War II.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) World War I.
(d) The War of the Roses.

3. What kind of presence did Henry Cabot Lodge have, according to Mencken?
(a) Lodge swore often and told dirty jokes, shocking women.
(b) Lodge was powerful and authoritative.
(c) Lodge was cantankerous and given to bickering.
(d) Lodge was meek and soft-voiced.

4. What was Mencken's criticism for Lincoln's Gettysburg Address?
(a) It was full of racist remarks and innuendo.
(b) It was a slap in the face to Southern Democrats.
(c) It was more about logistics and policy than stirring rhetoric.
(d) It was more poetry than logic.

5. What was the general atmosphere of the Democratic National Convention of 1932, as reported by Mencken?
(a) A complete circus.
(b) Like Mafia men meeting at a restaurant, as the politicians are all corrupt.
(c) Stuffy and mannered.
(d) Quiet, like a gentlemen's club.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city was featured in "The Libido for the Ugly"?

2. According to Mencken, what if there had not been a Civil War in the United States?

3. What happened when Mencken sent a junior reporter to get him liquor during the Republican National Convention?

4. What must modern religions do to "escape absurdity"?

5. Which was one of Mencken's criticisms for Woodrow Wilson?

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