The Vintage Mencken Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

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

They threw rotten vegetables at him at the convention.

They responded to his lower class domestic policies.

They were attracted to his lofty rhetoric.

They "clapped like fools" at a recent speech.

2.

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

"...like a marriage with a bad cold."

"...the application of democracy to love."

"...a willingness to get what's yours."

"...the destruction of love, life, and money."

3.

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

Quiet, like a gentlemen's club.

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

A complete circus.

Stuffy and mannered.

4.

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."

5.

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

World War I.

The Civil War.

World War II.

The War of the Roses.

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