Doth he hear it? no. ’Tis insensible, then. Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living? no. Why? detraction will not suffer it. Therefore I’ll none of it. Honour is a mere scutcheon: and so ends my catechism. A catechism is a series of questions and answers about religion that you have to memorise. Once you’ve got the whole thing by rote, a stern and solemn priest will test you on your catechism.