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Newspaper editor and political commentator Henry

Louis Mencken was a force of nature, brushing aside

all objects animal and mineral in his headlong rush

to the publicity that surely awaited him. He seized

5 each day, shook it to within an inch of its life, and

then gaily went on to the next. No matter where his

writing appeared, it was quoted widely, his pungently

outspoken opinions debated hotly. Nobody else could

make so many people so angry, or make so many others

10 l augh so hard.

9. In lines 4-5, the words ?seized? and ?shook? help

establish which aspect of Mencken?s personality?

(A) His code of honor

(B) His sense of humor

(C) His vindictiveness

(D) His intensity

(E) His petulance

10. The public response described in lines 6-8 most

strongly suggests that Mencken?s writings were

(A) authoritative

(B) controversial

(C) arrogant

(D) informal

(E) frivolous