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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter III: The Suicide of Thought.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Chesterton, at the beginning of Chapter Two, what happens to the men who believe in themselves?
(a) They are never properly appreciated.
(b) They have difficulty maintaining that belief.
(c) They end up in insane asylums.
(d) They achieve far more than other men do.

2. What document does Chesterton refer to by the word "orthodoxy"?
(a) The Nicene Creed.
(b) The Athanasian Creed.
(c) The Apostles' Creed.
(d) The Disciples' Creed.

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

4. What does Chesterton assume as common ground between him and any reader?
(a) The presumption of skepticism toward religion.
(b) The presumption that Christianity is right.
(c) The desire for an imaginative, interesting life.
(d) The desire for religious answers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does H. G. Wells perceive categories of things?

2. Why does Chesterton call the cross "the symbol at once of mystery and of health?" (Chesterton 2000, pg. 188).

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

4. According to Chesterton, what is the only thing a poet desires?

5. How does the book look in relation to Chesterton, according to the author himself?

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