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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. What thing does Chesterton despise more than anything else?
(a) A blatant lie.
(b) Pure sophistry.
(c) An illogical argument.
(d) The creativity of desperation.

2. What does Chesterton assert as a necessity for the human mind?
(a) Belief in the Christian God.
(b) Some type of religious grounding.
(c) Belief in objective truth.
(d) Belief in the power of progress.

3. Why does Chesterton say that satire is disappearing from modern literature?
(a) There is nothing to be fierce about.
(b) Modern satire takes different forms than literature.
(c) Writers are not taught to appreciate satire.
(d) Satire is too violent for the modern mind.

4. What does Bernard Shaw assert about the idea of choice?
(a) Choice has little effect in a man's philosophical thinking.
(b) Choice was an effective contrivance in past ages but not in the modern age.
(c) Choice has replaced happiness as the standard of desire in a man's life.
(d) Choice has replaced free will as the standard of desire in a man's life.

5. In Chapter Two, what drives a man to insanity?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Reason.
(c) Religion.
(d) Unanswered questions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "false theory of progress?" (Chesterton 2000, pg. 196)

2. In a person's pursuit for truth, what might happen, according to Chesterton?

3. What examples does Chesterton give of lunatic thinking?

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

5. What fact do religious men no longer accept as a foundational belief?

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