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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VIII: The Romance of Orthodoxy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fact do religious men no longer accept as a foundational belief?
(a) Sin.
(b) Righteous wrath.
(c) Mercy.
(d) Forgiveness.

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

3. How does Chesterton contrast pantheism and action?
(a) Pantheism entails all possibilities; action is exclusive in its choice.
(b) Pantheism says one thing is as good as another; action chooses one thing as best.
(c) Pantheism is completely inactive and therefore opposes action.
(d) Pantheism looks only at the world; action looks also at the supernatural.

4. As Chesterton contrasts miracles with progress, how does he define a miracle?
(a) Evidence for supernatural occurrences.
(b) God stepping into the flow of time.
(c) Swift control of a thing by the mind.
(d) Gradual control of a thing by the mind.

5. Chesterton notes a startling difference between Christian and Buddhist art. What is this difference?
(a) Whether the colors are bright or dim.
(b) Whether the scene is set indoors or outdoors.
(c) Whether the people's eyes are open or shut.
(d) Whether the people are predominantly young or old.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bernard Shaw speak of miracles?

2. What does Chesterton name as the second principle of democracy?

3. In the Christian's view, why does a man's soul provide enough outlet for both the optimist and the pessimist?

4. What does Chesterton label as the second problem of modern intellectualism?

5. In Chesterton's image, how did he feel once his religious opinion changed? (Chesterton 2000, pg. 235)

(see the answer key)

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