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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Death, Chapter 8, Government.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Mencken believe about the universality of morality?
(a) Morality is specific to regions of the world.
(b) Morality depends upon the language one speaks.
(c) Morality is universal, and differences between moral systems are small.
(d) Morality is specific to a particular individual.

3. What is the consequence of someone believing in God, according to Mencken in Chapter 1?
(a) That person must pray on a daily basis.
(b) That person must ascribe all of Man's faults to God as well.
(c) That person must make offerings to his or her God.
(d) That person must be prepared to suffer eternal damnation for believing in the wrong god.

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

5. How does Mencken define government?
(a) A collection of the looniest among us.
(b) A war on the poor.
(c) A dozen men who can't do anything right.
(d) A conspiracy against superior men.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the "ideal citizen of Christendom" according to Chapter 3?

3. What is Mencken's belief about crime?

4. How intelligent are women according to Mencken?

5. What "call" does Mencken make to America's poets in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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