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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, according to Chesterton, is the proper place for humility?
(a) In a man's view of himself.
(b) In a man's sense of ambition and effort.
(c) In a man's sense of conviction.
(d) In a man's perception of others.

2. What is Chesterton's first criterion for progress?
(a) It must be unchanging.
(b) It must be accessible to everyone.
(c) It must mesh with tradition.
(d) It must be attainable.

3. What does Chesterton name as the chief pleasure?
(a) Security.
(b) Love.
(c) Surprise.
(d) Money.

4. What does Chesterton say is the quintessence of will?
(a) That it has knowable consequences.
(b) That it is individual.
(c) That it is particular.
(d) That it is an action of freedom.

5. In Chesterton's example of a man's interaction with the tiger, what does evolution not tell the man?
(a) How to imitate the tiger.
(b) How to empathize with the tiger.
(c) How to be tender to the tiger.
(d) How to treat the tiger reasonably.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chesterton want joy and anger to interact?

2. What is the title of the essay that H. G. Wells wrote on skepticism?

3. What does Chesterton say happens when a skeptic revolts against everything?

4. What does evolution destroy, according to Chesterton?

5. According to Chesterton, what mindset, paralleling patriotism, leads to reform?

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