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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter III: The Suicide of Thought.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chesterton name as the chief pleasure?
(a) Surprise.
(b) Love.
(c) Security.
(d) Money.

2. Why does Chesterton not claim this new-found philosophy as his own?
(a) It is a way of living rather than a philosophy.
(b) He is too modest to claim his own work.
(c) It belongs to God and humanity.
(d) He did not really find or invent it.

3. What conclusion does the complete skeptic eventually reach?
(a) He has no right to think for himself.
(b) No one else can think for him.
(c) There are no answers to be found.
(d) He will never find the answers.

4. In Chapter III, The Suicide of Thought, how does a test of happiness compare to a test of the will?
(a) The first is a true test but the second is not.
(b) A test of happiness will always trump.
(c) They both lead to the same end.
(d) Happiness cannot truly be tested.

5. As Chesterton explains the origin of the word, the moon is the mother of which group of people?
(a) Lunatics.
(b) Atheists.
(c) Believers.
(d) Priests.

Short Answer Questions

1. What choice faces the modern religious philosopher, according to Chesterton?

2. What document does Chesterton refer to by the word "orthodoxy"?

3. What is the title of the essay that H. G. Wells wrote on skepticism?

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

5. What does Chesterton assert as a necessity for the human mind?

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