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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. According to Chesterton, what characteristics do madmen share with many respected teachers and scientists?
(a) Small reason and enlarged common sense.
(b) Spiritual confusion and materialistic thinking.
(c) Narcissism and short-sightedness.
(d) Enlarged reason and small common sense.

2. What is the "false theory of progress?" (Chesterton 2000, pg. 196)
(a) Changing the standards rather than becoming better.
(b) Confusing people with too much data.
(c) Defining man's progress in terms of religion.
(d) Tracking man's progress poorly.

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

4. What choice faces the modern religious philosopher, according to Chesterton?
(a) Deny God or accept God.
(b) Deny God or deny God's connection with man.
(c) Accept a personal God or an impersonal force.
(d) Deny or accept man's ability to raise himself to the heavens.

5. According to Chesterton, what is the only thing a poet desires?
(a) An understanding of the heavens.
(b) A world to stretch out in.
(c) The ability to cross the infinite sea.
(d) A raft to float on.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does today's skeptic compare to the skeptic of the French Revolution, according to Chesterton?

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

3. In moving through fairyland, what is the test of happiness, according to Chesterton?

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

5. What examples does Chesterton give of lunatic thinking?

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