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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 does Chesterton assert that tall towers are an example of humility?
(a) They speak to man's sense of accomplishment.
(b) They connect a man directly to God, who is greater.
(c) A man must be small to appreciate their size.
(d) They remind man how far he still must go.

2. Why does Chesterton not claim this new-found philosophy as his own?
(a) He did not really find or invent it.
(b) It belongs to God and humanity.
(c) He is too modest to claim his own work.
(d) It is a way of living rather than a philosophy.

3. Who does Chesterton name as the only great English poet to go mad?
(a) Poe.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Cowper.
(d) Dryden.

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

5. Why, according to Chesterton, can a madman never understand simple, careless acts?
(a) He sees purpose in every act.
(b) He does not notice insignificant things.
(c) His world is comprised of careless acts.
(d) He cannot differentiate between careless and important acts.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter One, what has Christianity named the mixture of the well-known and the unknown?

2. According to Chesterton at the beginning of the first chapter, why did he write the book?

3. Why does Chesterton say that someone might be entertained by reading the book Orthodoxy?

4. Why, earlier in Chapter One, does Chesterton tell the story of the sailor?

5. Why does Chesterton call suicide the greatest sin?

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