The Vintage Mencken Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Which man did Mencken dub the "Star-Spangled Man"? (from 19-23)

George Washington.

Woodrow Wilson.

John Pershing.

William Jennings Bryan.

2.

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

The tolling of the dinner triangle.

Corporal punishment.

The insistence on only male teachers.

The charm of the one-room schoolhouse.

3.

What happened when Mencken sent a junior reporter to get him liquor during the Republican National Convention? (from 24-28)

The convention organizers caught Mencken and toss him out.

The junior reporter was arrested and spends the night in jail.

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

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

4.

Which of the following describes an Anglo-Saxon soldier, according to Mencken? (from 24-28)

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

A strong sense of tactics as well as strategy.

A cowardice and ready willingness to desert.

A remarkable physical constitution.

5.

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

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?

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

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

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