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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. Why does Chesterton say that satire is disappearing from modern literature?
(a) Satire is too violent for the modern mind.
(b) There is nothing to be fierce about.
(c) Modern satire takes different forms than literature.
(d) Writers are not taught to appreciate satire.
2. What does Chesterton say is the result of believing that progress is a natural, predictable happening?
(a) A person ceases to believe in progress.
(b) A person becomes lazy.
(c) A person looks for ethical support.
(d) A person works harder to achieve this.
3. As he began to consider Christianity, what lifted Chesterton's heart and made him happy?
(a) To find fulfillment of his optimism.
(b) To pray to God for the first time.
(c) To hear he was in the right place.
(d) To hear he was not in the right place.
4. Why does Chesterton say that any discussion about the creation/sustaining principle in the world must be metaphorical?
(a) Because it relates to God.
(b) Because man cannot truly understand creation.
(c) Because man can never prove the principle.
(d) Because it is necessarily verbal.
5. What is Chesterton's first criterion for progress?
(a) It must be unchanging.
(b) It must mesh with tradition.
(c) It must be accessible to everyone.
(d) It must be attainable.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why did the serious changes in our political outlook occur at the beginning of the nineteenth century rather than at the end?
2. What does Chesterton call "the spike of dogma" that changed his religious opinion? (Chesterton 2000, pg. 234)
3. In Chapter III, The Suicide of Thought, how does a test of happiness compare to a test of the will?
4. According to Chesterton, what happens when a man worships physical nature?
5. Chesterton names four standards by which people try to establish the ideals of equality and inequality. What is his opinion of the fourth standard?
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