The Vintage Mencken Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

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

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

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

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?

2.

Why was early Christianity superior to modern Christianity, per "Holy Writ"? (from 24-28)

Services took place in cold places, to ensure better concentration.

It featured more moral instructions.

Early Christianity had a less strict interpretation of Biblical stories.

It featured a lot less sermonizing.

3.

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

Van Wyck Brooks.

William Jennings Bryan.

Theodore Dreiser.

Jose Miguel Gomez.

4.

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

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

The convention organizers caught Mencken and toss him out.

5.

Complete the following aphorism found in "Sententiae": "Democracy is..." (from 45-49)

"...the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard."

"...the weapon waved by the fairer sex."

"...the application of love to money. Everybody's love."

"...the Declaration of Independence after a trip to the dentist for a full root canal."

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