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

2. According to Chesterton, what is too big an undertaking for a book even of a larger scope?
(a) Proving from every angle that any one faith is true.
(b) Proving that materialism is an insufficient worldview.
(c) Proving the Christianity is true.
(d) Explaining the intricacies of Christianity.

3. According to Chesterton, when is a disease beautiful?
(a) When it brings conversion to the invalid.
(b) When it reveals the invalid's soul.
(c) When it is someone else's disease.
(d) When the disease is gone.

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

5. In Chapter III, The Suicide of Thought, what is the problem with modern philosophers?
(a) They are intellectually lazy.
(b) They cannot find the answer.
(c) They have no hope of finding the answer.
(d) They cannot see the riddle.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chesterton, what characteristics do madmen share with many respected teachers and scientists?

2. In the same story of the sailor, what is better than discovering a new land?

3. What document does Chesterton refer to by the word "orthodoxy"?

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

5. What, according to Chesterton, is the proper place for humility?

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