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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VII: The Eternal Revolution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the problem with taking change as the ideal in a man's life, according to Chesterton?
(a) Change, in itself, is narrow and tedious.
(b) A man prefers monotony.
(c) Change cannot progress.
(d) The notion itself must be able to change, in order to suit the age.

2. What people, in their interactions with women, does Chesterton call stupid?
(a) Those who take women for granted.
(b) Those who abuse a woman's loyalty by constantly testing it.
(c) Those who think women's loyalty stems from blindness to a man's fault.
(d) Those who think women's loyalty is a fault.

3. How does Chesterton want joy and anger to interact?
(a) Coming together to soften each other.
(b) In opposition, sharpening each other into greater fierceness.
(c) In opposition, never coming close.
(d) Coming close enough to affect each other.

4. What is the "false theory of progress?" (Chesterton 2000, pg. 196)
(a) Defining man's progress in terms of religion.
(b) Changing the standards rather than becoming better.
(c) Tracking man's progress poorly.
(d) Confusing people with too much data.

5. What is the title of the essay that H. G. Wells wrote on skepticism?
(a) Understanding the Skeptical Mind.
(b) Doubts of the Instrument.
(c) The Creeds and Hierarchies.
(d) Skepticism from a Philosophical Viewpoint.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chesterton, what happens when a man worships physical nature?

2. What does Chesterton call the worst religion of all?

3. Why does Chesterton call suicide the greatest sin?

4. How does Chesterton's example of the blue world explain modernity's attitude toward progress?

5. Why does Chesterton admire Joan of Arc?

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