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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 crime?
(a) Crime is primarily a legal invention.
(b) Crime is impossible in aristocratic circles.
(c) Crime is primarily a product of capitalist society.
(d) Crime is primarily a social invention.

2. What does the "romantic" type of person inevitably do?
(a) Exaggerates.
(b) Betrays.
(c) Makes light of serious situations.
(d) Befriends everyone they meet.

3. What is the purpose of monogamy, according to Mencken?
(a) Marriage serves to emphasize romantic love.
(b) Marriage serves to kill and restrain passion.
(c) Marriage serves to protect society from itself.
(d) Marriage serves to enhance and legitimize passion.

4. What is Mencken's opinion of original Christians?
(a) The historical record is so poor that Mencken cannot form an opinion.
(b) They were patriots, akin to the Founding Fathers.
(c) They were vulgar cads without imagination.
(d) They were "men's men" and should be looked upon as examples.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Punishment for crime is too often what, according to Mencken?

2. What is Mencken's belief about morality?

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

4. How has Mencken organized his book?

5. How did morality come to be, according to Mencken?

(see the answer key)

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