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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. In Chapter Two, what drives a man to insanity?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Unanswered questions.
(c) Reason.
(d) Religion.

2. What is the title of Chapter I?
(a) The Paradoxes of Christianity and Everything Else.
(b) Introduction in Defense of Everything Else.
(c) Introduction and Seduction of Thought.
(d) The Romance of Orthodoxy.

3. 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) Changing the environment.
(d) Asserting that the world is a closed system.

4. In the middle of Chapter One, why does Chesterton say this book is a joke on him?
(a) He wrote it so he could win a bet.
(b) He does not take its content seriously.
(c) He went looking for something that is already known.
(d) No one around him agrees with his argument.

5. According to Chesterton, why is Bernard Shaw hampered in his thinking?
(a) He tells too many lies.
(b) He can only tell lies that he believes.
(c) He is too logical in his arguments.
(d) He is not humorous enough.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chesterton, what is too big an undertaking for a book even of a larger scope?

2. Why does Chesterton say that someone might be entertained by reading the book Orthodoxy?

3. In a person's pursuit for truth, what might happen, according to Chesterton?

4. What examples does Chesterton give of lunatic thinking?

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

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