The Vintage Mencken Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What point did Mencken make when referring to the picture of a French soldier who was deformed with multiple amputations in war? (from 45-49)

The soldier made the noblest of sacrifices, and will be remembered forever.

Mencken thought it was terribly sad that the man will not be able to walk into heaven.

The French were brave people, indeed.

Mencken imagined that the soldier likely sought a glorious death in battle, but now has to live life in a pathetic state.

2.

How would Mencken respond to the notion that William Jennings Bryan was an earnest man? (from 29-33)

Earnest or no, he did the right thing in the Scopes monkey trial.

He might have been earnest, but that was about his only admirable quality.

He was not earnest; he was inherently two-faced.

He was earnest to the public, but in private he was a swindler and schemer.

3.

What happened when Mencken sent a junior reporter to get him liquor during the Republican National Convention? (from 24-28)

The junior reporter was arrested and spends the night in jail.

The convention organizers caught Mencken and toss him out.

The reporter stole liquor from an aristocrat's secret stash.

The reporter encountered drunken goons, and failed to get any liquor.

4.

Which of the following describes an Anglo-Saxon soldier, according to Mencken? (from 24-28)

A strong sense of tactics as well as strategy.

A cowardice and ready willingness to desert.

A tendency to be able to bore the enemy to death with a long speech.

A remarkable physical constitution.

5.

In "The National Letters," what was the cause of all the "diseases" which afflict America? (from 15-18)

Organized religion.

The lack of a stable aristocracy.

The lack of a proper diet.

The presumption of guilt, rather than innocence, in legal matters.

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