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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VI: The Paradoxes of Christianity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the single true charge that Chesterton found against Christianity?
(a) Christianity is one religion.
(b) Christianity's claim to the Trinity is false.
(c) Christianity's view of salvation is unnecessarily complex.
(d) Christianity cannot be compatible with science.

2. Why does Chesterton say that someone might be entertained by reading the book Orthodoxy?
(a) Chesterton has a good sense of humor.
(b) Chesterton's quest was fruitless from the beginning, but it took him a long time to realize it.
(c) Chesterton wandered far to discover the truths he could have found in the nearby church.
(d) Chesterton tells stories rather than arguing a point.

3. What widespread mistake about mystical imagination does Chesterton want to erase?
(a) It is suitable only for children.
(b) It distracts a man unnecessarily.
(c) It greatly benefits a man's mental capacity.
(d) It is damaging to a man's mental capacity.

4. According to Chesterton, what characteristics do madmen share with many respected teachers and scientists?
(a) Narcissism and short-sightedness.
(b) Small reason and enlarged common sense.
(c) Spiritual confusion and materialistic thinking.
(d) Enlarged reason and small common sense.

5. How does Chesterton end Chapter One?
(a) Saying that he will write another book if challenged.
(b) Beginning to lay the foundation of Christian-Judeo history.
(c) Claiming to prove every premise to his thesis.
(d) Exhorting the reader to examine his definition of "orthodoxy."

Short Answer Questions

1. In fairy tales and fiction, what change does Chesterton name that makes the stories monotonous?

2. Why did the writings of skeptics and evolutionists push Chesterton toward Christianity?

3. What does Chesterton label as the second problem of modern intellectualism?

4. In Chapter III, The Suicide of Thought, what is the problem with modern philosophers?

5. What problem, according to Chesterton, is the central issue in the book?

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