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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. What document does Chesterton refer to by the word "orthodoxy"?
(a) The Athanasian Creed.
(b) The Disciples' Creed.
(c) The Apostles' Creed.
(d) The Nicene Creed.

2. According to Chesterton, at the beginning of Chapter Two, what happens to the men who believe in themselves?
(a) They are never properly appreciated.
(b) They have difficulty maintaining that belief.
(c) They achieve far more than other men do.
(d) They end up in insane asylums.

3. What problem, according to Chesterton, is the central issue in the book?
(a) Showing, through every facet, that the Christian faith is true.
(b) Defending tradition in the face of unnecessary change.
(c) Constantly seeking the new idea.
(d) Being simultaneously surprised by and at home in the world.

4. In the same story of the sailor, what is better than discovering a new land?
(a) Discovering that the new land is really the old one.
(b) Returning home to the old land.
(c) Settling the new land and making it familiar.
(d) Claiming the new land for your own.

5. What examples does Chesterton give of lunatic thinking?
(a) A man conspired against, the King of England, and Jesus Christ.
(b) A crushed moth and a live one.
(c) A lonely woman and her lonely child.
(d) Two competing maggots in a chunk of bread.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Chesterton feel about the book Orthodoxy once it is completed?

3. What does Chesterton assume as common ground between him and any reader?

4. What did Chesterton discover about the truths he found in religious thought?

5. What is the title of Chapter I?

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