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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. How does Chesterton describe a madman's reasoning?
(a) As a tangle of threads.
(b) As an infinite line.
(c) As a precise box.
(d) As a small, perfect circle.

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

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

4. What does Chesterton name as the second principle of democracy?
(a) Men's actions have meaning only by their own standards.
(b) Political instinct is one thing men hold in common.
(c) Men's actions have meaning only when they relate to the cultural standards.
(d) Protection of private property is one thing men hold in common.

5. How does H. G. Wells perceive categories of things?
(a) He says categories do not exist.
(b) He subdivides things into tiny categories.
(c) He perceives twelve categories.
(d) He notes five categories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What document does Chesterton refer to by the word "orthodoxy"?

2. What thing does Chesterton despise more than anything else?

3. What does Chesterton think is the only cure for madness?

4. Chesterton boils democracy down to one ideal. What is this?

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

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