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

2. According to Chesterton, what symbol explains to way that mysticism clarifies the world?
(a) The moon.
(b) A mountain.
(c) The ocean.
(d) The sun.

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

4. Why, earlier in Chapter One, does Chesterton tell the story of the sailor?
(a) The sailor will appear throughout the book.
(b) To explain his picture of God.
(c) To illustrate his idea of wonder.
(d) He is that sailor.

5. What does Chesterton think is the only cure for madness?
(a) Shock therapy.
(b) Not thinking.
(c) Not feeling.
(d) Being isolated.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Chesterton not mean by the word "orthodoxy"?

3. What examples does Chesterton give of lunatic thinking?

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

5. What did Chesterton discover about the truths he found in religious thought?

(see the answer key)

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