The Vintage Mencken Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

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 remarkable physical constitution.

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

2.

How had Wallace behaved in "The Wallace Paranoia"? (from 45-49)

He had been a bumbler and an "ass."

He had managed difficult times with great elegance.

He was flirting with "most every thing in a dress."

He was convinced there are Communist space aliens.

3.

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

Give your mother a kiss, for me.

Remember what I said, not what I did.

Wink your eye at some homely girl.

This gravestone may alternately be used as a paperweight.

4.

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 French were brave people, indeed.

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

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

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

5.

What was the subject of "The Noble Experiment"? (from 24-28)

The Cuban revolution.

A scientific breakthrough Mencken reported on.

Voting during World War I.

Drinking during Prohibition.

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