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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 10-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must modern religions do to "escape absurdity"?
(a) They should accept a small element of agnosticism.
(b) They must allow gay marriage.
(c) They should encourage a much more relaxed church service.
(d) They must disband immediately.

2. Which decade, according to the author, was Mencken at his best?
(a) The 1920s.
(b) The 1930s.
(c) The 1910s.
(d) The 1940s.

3. What was the "last straw" that forced Mencken to quit the organization in #16?
(a) The relentless shouting of his gym teacher.
(b) The fact that the running track was rectangular.
(c) A painful accident with the horizontal bar.
(d) An evangelical teen in the reading room.

4. What was the name of H. L. Mencken's brother?
(a) Jesse.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Bud.
(d) Mitch.

5. What does Mencken make synonymous with democracy in "A Blind Spot"?
(a) Puritanism.
(b) Totalitarianism.
(c) Hedonism.
(d) Agnosticism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Theodore Dreiser compared to Franz Schubert by Mencken?

2. What was Alistair Cooke's relationship to H. L. Mencken?

3. According to "Quid Est Veritas?," what kind of religion professes to know God exactly and completely?

4. Which was described as Mencken's earliest memory?

5. Which boat captain helped Mencken while in Cuba?

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