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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter V: The Flag of the World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why, earlier in Chapter One, does Chesterton tell the story of the sailor?
(a) To illustrate his idea of wonder.
(b) He is that sailor.
(c) To explain his picture of God.
(d) The sailor will appear throughout the book.

2. How does the book look in relation to Chesterton, according to the author himself?
(a) Egotistical.
(b) Self-sufficient.
(c) Paltry.
(d) Altruistic.

3. What fact do religious men no longer accept as a foundational belief?
(a) Sin.
(b) Forgiveness.
(c) Righteous wrath.
(d) Mercy.

4. In a person's pursuit for truth, what might happen, according to Chesterton?
(a) He loses hope that he, a mortal, can ever find the truth.
(b) He loses hope that truth exists.
(c) He searches for extraordinary truths.
(d) He finds great, unsearchable truths.

5. According to Chesterton, what is too big an undertaking for a book even of a larger scope?
(a) Proving that materialism is an insufficient worldview.
(b) Proving from every angle that any one faith is true.
(c) Explaining the intricacies of Christianity.
(d) Proving the Christianity is true.

Short Answer Questions

1. What people, in their interactions with women, does Chesterton call stupid?

2. In the same story of the sailor, what is better than discovering a new land?

3. In Chapter IV, The Ethics of Elfland, what does Chesterton name as the first principle of democracy?

4. As he began to consider Christianity, what lifted Chesterton's heart and made him happy?

5. What is Chesterton's attitude toward fairy tales?

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