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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter II: The Maniac.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Chesterton in Chapter Two, what is comparable to curing a madman?
(a) Casting out a demon.
(b) Shifting the foundations of the sea.
(c) Tilting the earth on its axis.
(d) Arguing with a learned philosopher.

2. Why does Chesterton think that materialism is much narrower than Christianity?
(a) Materialism has a smaller view of man.
(b) Materialism cannot allow even a hint of the supernatural or strange.
(c) Christianity encompasses all of Judeo-Christian tradition.
(d) Materialism has no belief in an afterlife.

3. What did Chesterton discover about the truths he found in religious thought?
(a) They contradicted each other.
(b) They were not fully truth.
(c) They could not be lived out.
(d) They were not his.

4. What does Chesterton think is the only cure for madness?
(a) Not feeling.
(b) Shock therapy.
(c) Not thinking.
(d) Being isolated.

5. Why, according to Chesterton, can a madman never understand simple, careless acts?
(a) He cannot differentiate between careless and important acts.
(b) He sees purpose in every act.
(c) His world is comprised of careless acts.
(d) He does not notice insignificant things.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chesterton describe a madman's reasoning?

2. What examples does Chesterton give of lunatic thinking?

3. According to Chesterton, what keeps a man sane?

4. According to Chesterton, why is Bernard Shaw hampered in his thinking?

5. Why does Chesterton call the cross "the symbol at once of mystery and of health?" (Chesterton 2000, pg. 188).

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