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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VIII: The Romance of Orthodoxy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In fairy tales and fiction, what change does Chesterton name that makes the stories monotonous?
(a) The hero has no precedent for resolution to the conflict.
(b) The hero is boring and not surprised by the adventures.
(c) There is no original model for a hero.
(d) The hero is now abnormal and his adventures are not surprising.

2. Why does Chesterton call courage a contradiction?
(a) The person most wanting to live is the person willing to die.
(b) It can only be proven in life-threatening circumstances.
(c) It has no meaning in everyday life.
(d) Only the meek person can show courage.

3. According to Chesterton, what happens when a man worships physical nature?
(a) Man is lifted up to God.
(b) Nature becomes pure as it offers salvation.
(c) Man can only then begin to search for God.
(d) Nature becomes twisted.

4. What happened as Chesterton put the final touches onto the heresy he had created?
(a) He found that the heresy was paganism.
(b) He found that it was orthodoxy.
(c) He found that the heresy was untenable.
(d) He found that he no longer believed it.

5. As the determinist is confronted with the problem of sin, what does Chesterton say that he believes in?
(a) Enforcing the power of free will.
(b) Enforcing the necessity of certain acts.
(c) Asserting that the world is a closed system.
(d) Changing the environment.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chesterton, when is a disease beautiful?

2. According to Chesterton, what effect does the moralists' attitude have on the cosmos?

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

4. What definition does Chesterton find BEST for optimist and pessimist?

5. What is Chesterton's first criterion for progress?

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