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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VII: The Eternal Revolution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Chesterton say that the Christian virtues have become crazy?
(a) They are practiced in the wrong contexts.
(b) They are not truly Christian.
(c) They are separate from the Bible.
(d) They are isolated from all other virtues.

2. Why does Chesterton say that satire is disappearing from modern literature?
(a) Modern satire takes different forms than literature.
(b) There is nothing to be fierce about.
(c) Writers are not taught to appreciate satire.
(d) Satire is too violent for the modern mind.

3. In determining his criteria for progress, what does Chesterton discover?
(a) Buddhism shed some light on his questions.
(b) Christianity could lead him to the answers.
(c) Christianity could not answer any of his questions.
(d) Christianity arrived there first.

4. Chesterton names four standards by which people try to establish the ideals of equality and inequality. What is the first?
(a) The passage of time.
(b) The progression of creatures through evolution.
(c) God-given authority.
(d) Persuasive thinking, similar to Nietzsche's.

5. What people, in their interactions with women, does Chesterton call stupid?
(a) Those who think women's loyalty stems from blindness to a man's fault.
(b) Those who abuse a woman's loyalty by constantly testing it.
(c) Those who think women's loyalty is a fault.
(d) Those who take women for granted.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two extremes does Chesterton foresee in man's future?

2. What is the "false theory of progress?" (Chesterton 2000, pg. 196)

3. In Chesterton's thoughts, Christianity came to assert passionately what idea?

4. What is the problem with taking change as the ideal in a man's life, according to Chesterton?

5. What does Chesterton call the worst religion of all?

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