The Vintage Mencken Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What dominated Puritanism, according to Mencken in "The National Letters"? (from 15-18)

The simple necessities of food, clothing, and shelter.

Religious tomfoolery.

Free-thinking men of purpose.

Fear, and the suspicion of art.

2.

According to Mencken, how did members of the lower class respond to Wilson? (from 19-23)

They responded to his lower class domestic policies.

They "clapped like fools" at a recent speech.

They threw rotten vegetables at him at the convention.

They were attracted to his lofty rhetoric.

3.

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

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

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

4.

What was Mencken's epitaph? (from 45-49)

Wink your eye at some homely girl.

Remember what I said, not what I did.

Give your mother a kiss, for me.

This gravestone may alternately be used as a paperweight.

5.

What quotation did Mencken borrow from Theodore Dreiser in "Cavia Cobaya"? (from 15-18)

Does a woman of considerable means ever want for a man of inconsiderable means?

Does the temperate, invulnerable man ever give in to the sins of alcohol?

Does the average strong, successful man confine himself to one woman?

Does a man of moderate means never aspire to great wealth?

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