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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city was featured in "The Libido for the Ugly"?
(a) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
(b) Washington, D. C.
(c) Baltimore, Maryland.
(d) Dayton, Ohio.

2. What would best describe Mencken's attitude toward Oliver Wendell Holmes?
(a) He was a Liberal hero in name only.
(b) He was a quack chiropractor.
(c) He was a fantastic advocate of progressive causes.
(d) His rulings were thoroughly corrupt.

3. What criticism did Dr. William Bayard Hale have for Woodrow Wilson?
(a) His rhetoric was lofty, but ultimately empty of substance.
(b) Wilson was more interested in tea parties and social functions than policy discussions.
(c) Wilson had the gall to pardon Eugene Debs.
(d) As an orator, Wilson was dull, and focuses too much on foreign policy.

4. Why does the typical man have a poor conception of beauty?
(a) Even a man's enemy will tell him his wife is pretty.
(b) The entire world, with very few exceptions, is hideously ugly.
(c) Make-up is made with a chemical that confuses the brain.
(d) Even mirrors are manufactured to lie about a woman's beauty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Star-Spangled Man," Mencken argued that who, besides soldiers, should get medals?

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

3. What aspect of man-woman relationships are the movies incorrect about, according to Mencken?

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

5. According to "The Skeptic," what do women always bear?

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