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

2. What is the evil of the pessimist? (Chesterton 2000, pg. 226)
(a) That "he does not love what he chastises."
(b) That "he chastises gods and men."
(c) That "he honestly angers honest men."
(d) That "he will defend the indefensible."

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

4. What problem, according to Chesterton, is the central issue in the book?
(a) Constantly seeking the new idea.
(b) Showing, through every facet, that the Christian faith is true.
(c) Being simultaneously surprised by and at home in the world.
(d) Defending tradition in the face of unnecessary change.

5. How does Chesterton end Chapter One?
(a) Exhorting the reader to examine his definition of "orthodoxy."
(b) Saying that he will write another book if challenged.
(c) Beginning to lay the foundation of Christian-Judeo history.
(d) Claiming to prove every premise to his thesis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, in Chesterton's example, might God have an eternal appetite for?

2. What choice faces the modern religious philosopher, according to Chesterton?

3. What is the title of Chapter I?

4. Why does Chesterton admire Joan of Arc?

5. What does evolution destroy, according to Chesterton?

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