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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IX: Authority and the Adventurer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter VI, The Paradoxes of Christianity, what does Chesterton call the most common problem with the world?
(a) The world is too logical.
(b) The world is not logical at all.
(c) The world is almost logical but not quite.
(d) The world is governed by mathematical principles.

2. What thing does Chesterton despise more than anything else?
(a) An illogical argument.
(b) Pure sophistry.
(c) The creativity of desperation.
(d) A blatant lie.

3. Why did a typical nineteenth-century man not believe in Christ's resurrection, according to Chesterton?
(a) He didn't want to acknowledge Christ's divinity.
(b) His materialism did not allow it.
(c) His liberal Christianity did not allow it.
(d) His scientific mind told him it was impossible.

4. Who is Mr. Blatchford?
(a) An early Christian.
(b) A martyr.
(c) A humanitarian.
(d) A pagan.

5. Why, in the abstract, does Chesterton disapprove of long, complicated words?
(a) They do not require thinking.
(b) They are difficult to read and pronounce.
(c) Few people know what they mean.
(d) They hinder understanding.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chesterton's thoughts, Christianity came to assert passionately what idea?

3. What words does Chesterton prefer when referring to nature?

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

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

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