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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. In fairy tales and fiction, what change does Chesterton name that makes the stories monotonous?
(a) The hero is now abnormal and his adventures are not surprising.
(b) The hero has no precedent for resolution to the conflict.
(c) The hero is boring and not surprised by the adventures.
(d) There is no original model for a hero.

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

3. Why does Chesterton say that someone might be entertained by reading the book Orthodoxy?
(a) Chesterton tells stories rather than arguing a point.
(b) Chesterton wandered far to discover the truths he could have found in the nearby church.
(c) Chesterton has a good sense of humor.
(d) Chesterton's quest was fruitless from the beginning, but it took him a long time to realize it.

4. What does Chesterton say is losing its authority in the modern mind?
(a) First principles.
(b) Argumentation.
(c) Religion.
(d) Scientific absolutes.

5. What examples does Chesterton give of lunatic thinking?
(a) Two competing maggots in a chunk of bread.
(b) A man conspired against, the King of England, and Jesus Christ.
(c) A crushed moth and a live one.
(d) A lonely woman and her lonely child.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Chesterton say that satire is disappearing from modern literature?

2. According to Chesterton, what is too big an undertaking for a book even of a larger scope?

3. As revealed in Chapter Two, what is the secret of mysticism?

4. How does Chesterton feel about the book Orthodoxy once it is completed?

5. What does Bernard Shaw assert about the idea of choice?

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