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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 is the title of the essay that H. G. Wells wrote on skepticism?
(a) Skepticism from a Philosophical Viewpoint.
(b) The Creeds and Hierarchies.
(c) Doubts of the Instrument.
(d) Understanding the Skeptical Mind.

2. When materialism leads a man to fatalism, what does it also accomplish, according to Chesterton?
(a) It also destroys his sense of hope.
(b) It also destroys his humanity.
(c) It acts as a liberating force.
(d) It cripples his free will.

3. What, according to Chesterton, is the proper place for humility?
(a) In a man's view of himself.
(b) In a man's sense of conviction.
(c) In a man's perception of others.
(d) In a man's sense of ambition and effort.

4. Why does Chesterton not claim this new-found philosophy as his own?
(a) He is too modest to claim his own work.
(b) It belongs to God and humanity.
(c) It is a way of living rather than a philosophy.
(d) He did not really find or invent it.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Mr. Street?

3. According to Chesterton, when is a disease beautiful?

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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