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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. As the reader can infer from the beginning of Chapter Two, what is Hanwell?
(a) An insane asylum.
(b) A prestigious church.
(c) The author's neighborhood.
(d) A hospital.

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

3. According to Chesterton, what keeps a man sane?
(a) Reason.
(b) Religion.
(c) Mysticism.
(d) God.

4. What does Chesterton see as the purpose of the boundaries established by Christianity?
(a) To expel unhappy and fierce things.
(b) To deny earthly happiness to believers.
(c) To let good things run wild.
(d) To establish the power of the church.

5. What does Chesterton assert as a necessity for the human mind?
(a) Some type of religious grounding.
(b) Belief in the power of progress.
(c) Belief in the Christian God.
(d) Belief in objective truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Chesterton name as believers in the Inner Light?

2. In Chesterton's story about the sailor, what mistake does the man make?

3. How does Chesterton end Chapter One?

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

5. After studying the attacks on Christianity, what did Chesterton conclude?

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