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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Morals, Chapter 6, Crime and Punishment.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mencken's belief about the concept of sin?
(a) Sin is just another word for good deed; it's all relative.
(b) Sin is the reason why children are born.
(c) Sin is real, and exists all around us.
(d) Sin is a made-up term, and does not really exist.

2. What does Mencken NOT believe about the possibility for morality to change over time?
(a) Morality evolves and grows over time.
(b) Different subsections of morality can grow over time.
(c) Morality can adopt new ideas, like Christian beliefs.
(d) Morality was determined in ancient times, and has not changed.

3. What is Mencken's belief about crime?
(a) Crime is primarily a social invention.
(b) Crime is impossible in aristocratic circles.
(c) Crime is primarily a product of capitalist society.
(d) Crime is primarily a legal invention.

4. What subject does Mencken begin his volume with?
(a) The horrors of the carnival.
(b) The nature of man.
(c) The mysteries of women.
(d) The automobile.

5. How has Mencken organized his book?
(a) By author.
(b) By date.
(c) By length.
(d) By subject.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the "believer" type of person inevitably do?

2. What is Mencken's opinion of original Christians?

3. Which is NOT one of Mencken's view of humankind as expressed in Chapter 1?

4. What is the "altruist" motivated by?

5. What is Man's one unique characteristic, per Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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