View a FREE sample

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. How did morality come to be, according to Mencken?
(a) Morality is a creation of the Christian church.
(b) Morality evolved from social practices required to survive.
(c) Morality evolved from the innate sense of right and wrong in children.
(d) Morality is the product of the woman's insidious influence over man.

2. Who is the "ideal citizen of Christendom" according to Chapter 3?
(a) Young men full of passion.
(b) An emotionally cold woman.
(c) Young men drained of passion.
(d) The hapless hero of a female novel.

3. Who derives several advantages from marriage?
(a) Men and women equally.
(b) Only the state.
(c) Men only.
(d) Women only.

4. Punishment for crime is too often what, according to Mencken?
(a) Hypocritical and dishonest.
(b) Effective, which results in the murder of the human spirit.
(c) Cruel and unusual.
(d) The product of poor people exerting influence over the rich.

5. Who does Mencken dub "The Lady of Joy"?
(a) The Virgin Mary.
(b) His wife.
(c) A prostitute.
(d) The happily married woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the proper function of punishment for crimes?

2. What is the "altruist" motivated by?

3. What do most women think of their husbands according to Mencken?

4. In "female novels," how are males portrayed according to Mencken?

5. Why is the "pretty man" hated?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 312 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample