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

2. Why does Chesterton think that materialism is much narrower than Christianity?
(a) Materialism cannot allow even a hint of the supernatural or strange.
(b) Materialism has a smaller view of man.
(c) Materialism has no belief in an afterlife.
(d) Christianity encompasses all of Judeo-Christian tradition.

3. Who does Chesterton name as the only great English poet to go mad?
(a) Dryden.
(b) Cowper.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Poe.

4. According to Chesterton, why is Bernard Shaw hampered in his thinking?
(a) He is not humorous enough.
(b) He tells too many lies.
(c) He can only tell lies that he believes.
(d) He is too logical in his arguments.

5. At the beginning of Chapter III, The Suicide of Thought, why does Chesterton say that the modern world is too good?
(a) Its ethics are better than they used to be.
(b) It is full of wasted virtues.
(c) It has little conception of vice.
(d) It deals well with evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Chesterton assert that tall towers are an example of humility?

2. As Chesterton explains the origin of the word, the moon is the mother of which group of people?

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

4. Why does Chesterton say that the Christian virtues have become crazy?

5. What does Chesterton assert as a necessity for the human mind?

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