The Vintage Mencken Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

In what way did Mencken mock General John Pershing? (from 19-23)

Mencken mocked Pershing for a recent bumbling speech.

Mencken made fun of a recent photograph of Pershing wrapped in an American flag.

Mencken felt the vast amount of medals pinned to Pershing's uniform makes the man look ridiculous.

Mencken brought to light the existence of Pershing's mistress.

2.

What aspect of old-time education did Mencken miss most in modern education? (from 35-39)

Corporal punishment.

The tolling of the dinner triangle.

The charm of the one-room schoolhouse.

The insistence on only male teachers.

3.

According to Mencken, the intellectual tradition of Whitman and Emerson had been transferred to which man? (from 15-18)

Van Wyck Brooks.

Jose Miguel Gomez.

Theodore Dreiser.

William Jennings Bryan.

4.

What was the general atmosphere of the Democratic National Convention of 1932, as reported by Mencken? (from 40-44)

Stuffy and mannered.

Quiet, like a gentlemen's club.

Like Mafia men meeting at a restaurant, as the politicians are all corrupt.

A complete circus.

5.

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

The lack of a proper diet.

Organized religion.

The lack of a stable aristocracy.

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

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