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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Statesmen, Chapter 14, American Immortals.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What effect has intermarriage had on the American South?
(a) It has introduced culture such as art and literature into the American South.
(b) It has infused the American South with the very best qualities of Western Europe.
(c) It has negatively blurred the lines between high class and low class.
(d) It has positively blurred the lines between high class and low class.

3. What is the relationship between free will and morality?
(a) Free will and morality work hand in hand in a positive way.
(b) Free will has no relationship to morality.
(c) Free will is the cause as well as the effect of morality.
(d) Free will creates several difficulties for morality.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mencken believe about the concept of evil?

2. What comparison does Mencken make between man and animal in Chapter 1?

3. What does democracy ruin, according to Mencken?

4. What does Mencken believe about the universality of morality?

5. How would George Washington fare in today's political climate?

(see the answer key)

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