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Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Christian's view, why does a man's soul provide enough outlet for both the optimist and the pessimist?
(a) He is exalted as God's creation and humbled as a sinner.
(b) He now has reason to claim brotherhood with Christ.
(c) He has hope for a heavenly future but fear for an earthly one.
(d) Both passions are allowed free reign.

2. At the end of Chapter VI, The Paradoxes of Christianity, what conclusion does Chesterton reach about orthodoxy?
(a) It is inflexible.
(b) It is thrilling and perilous.
(c) It is a tool for understanding Christianity.
(d) It is man's only hope for understanding Christianity.

3. Chesterton names four standards by which people try to establish the ideals of equality and inequality. What is his opinion of the fourth standard?
(a) It is ridiculous.
(b) It is the only sensible one.
(c) It is the only one fitting to Christianity.
(d) Its roots are in paganism.

4. What definition does Chesterton find BEST for optimist and pessimist?
(a) An optimist thinks everything right but the pessimist, while the pessimist thinks everything wrong but himself.
(b) An optimist looks after your eyes, while a pessimist looks after your feet.
(c) An optimist sees the world as the best it can be, while the pessimist sees the world as the worst it can be.
(d) An optimist has nothing but hope, while the pessimist has everything but hope.

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

6. What is the single true charge that Chesterton found against Christianity?
(a) Christianity cannot be compatible with science.
(b) Christianity's view of salvation is unnecessarily complex.
(c) Christianity is one religion.
(d) Christianity's claim to the Trinity is false.

7. As he began to consider Christianity, what lifted Chesterton's heart and made him happy?
(a) To pray to God for the first time.
(b) To hear he was not in the right place.
(c) To hear he was in the right place.
(d) To find fulfillment of his optimism.

8. In Chesterton's image, how did he feel once his religious opinion changed? (Chesterton 2000, pg. 235)
(a) The army had fled before the light of his revelation.
(b) The land was lit up even back to his childhood.
(c) The dragon had been conquered.
(d) Fairyland was no longer important to his thinking.

9. What moment does Chesterton point to as the single instant when God appeared to be atheist?
(a) When he had to send the Flood to wipe out most of humanity.
(b) When the first person, Abel, was murdered.
(c) When Eve fell into sin.
(d) When Christ was abandoned on the cross.

10. How has western religion interacted with the idea of social organisms?
(a) Western religion says that the family unit is the only important social organism.
(b) Western religion says that social organisms are harmful to faith.
(c) Western religion says that the church provides the only stable society.
(d) Western religion says that no person should be alone.

11. After studying the attacks on Christianity, what did Chesterton conclude?
(a) Christianity must be very wrong or absolutely right.
(b) Christianity was full of logical problems.
(c) Attacks on Christianity were largely valid.
(d) Christianity might actually be true.

12. As Chesterton contrasts miracles with progress, how does he define a miracle?
(a) God stepping into the flow of time.
(b) Swift control of a thing by the mind.
(c) Gradual control of a thing by the mind.
(d) Evidence for supernatural occurrences.

13. At the beginning of Chapter VIII, the Romance of Orthodoxy, what does Chesterton name as the cause for busyness in modern society?
(a) Fast-paced life.
(b) Bustle.
(c) Laziness.
(d) Stress.

14. What is Chesterton's stated purpose in Chapter VI, the Paradoxes of Christianity
(a) To show that Christianity cannot account for irregularities.
(b) To show that Christianity's irregularities are matched in its truths.
(c) To show that Christianity has an answer for every problem.
(d) To show that Christianity is fully logical.

15. How do St. Francis of Assisi and George Herbert think of Nature?
(a) As a step-mother.
(b) As a mother.
(c) As a goddess.
(d) As a laughing little sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Chesterton say that a man is bewildered when asked to summarize his belief in something?

2. Why does Chesterton call courage a contradiction?

3. What is Chesterton's stated goal for Chapter VIII, The Romance of Orthodoxy?

4. What does Chesterton see as the purpose of the boundaries established by Christianity?

5. According to Chesterton, what is the problem with moving slowly toward justice?

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