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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which boat captain helped Mencken while in Cuba?
(a) Ignacio.
(b) Leonhard.
(c) Menocal.
(d) Demetrio.

2. Which of the following was NOT a name applied to William Jennings Bryan by Mencken?
(a) Charlatan.
(b) Yellow-bellied sapsucker.
(c) Mountebank.
(d) Fly-catcher.

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

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

5. What was the nature of the analogy Mencken uses involving Oliver Wendell Holmes, a hammer, and a feather?
(a) Holmes wrote with a feather (quill), but legislated with a hammer.
(b) Holmes stuffed a mattress with feathers, but then beat the mattress flat with a hammer.
(c) Holmes touched the sky with feathers, and then built a castle in the sky with a hammer.
(d) Holmes tickled with feathers, but never punished with a hammer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mencken attribute to the fall of the "good man" in "A Good Man Gone Wrong"?

2. What was Theodore Dreiser's national and ethnic background?

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

4. According to Mencken, what was the Union fighting for in the Civil War?

5. Who is the editor of this volume?

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