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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 15-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What criticism did Mencken have for the effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?
(a) It only freed specific slaves, and not all slaves.
(b) It freed all slaves, when to preserve peace it should have freed only some.
(c) It directly led to the Battle of Shiloh.
(d) It freed slaves all at once, when it should have done it in a gradual way.

4. Who is the editor of this volume?
(a) H. L. Mencken.
(b) Alfred Knopf.
(c) Alistair Cooke.
(d) William Jennings Bryan.

5. What did Mencken satirize in "Quid Est Veritas"?
(a) Those who insisted Latin was not a dead language.
(b) Organized religion.
(c) Country doctors.
(d) Aristocrats.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the majority of people lie, according to Mencken?

2. What is democracy's "aim," according to Mencken?

3. What kind of presence did Henry Cabot Lodge have, according to Mencken?

4. What famous speech did Ralph Waldo Emerson deliver in 1837?

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

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