The Vintage Mencken Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Which war was General John Pershing most famously involved in? (from 19-23)

The War of the Roses.

World War I.

The Civil War.

World War II.

2.

Why did Mencken curse those who translated the Bible into English? (from 24-28)

They misinterpreted the principles of Jesus Christ.

They made the prose overly flowery and beautiful.

They made a host of grammatical errors.

They made many factual errors.

3.

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

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

He had been a bumbler and an "ass."

He was convinced there are Communist space aliens.

He had managed difficult times with great elegance.

4.

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

Theodore Dreiser.

Jose Miguel Gomez.

Van Wyck Brooks.

William Jennings Bryan.

5.

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)

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

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

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

The French were brave people, indeed.

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