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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. Why does Chesterton say that someone might be entertained by reading the book Orthodoxy?
(a) Chesterton's quest was fruitless from the beginning, but it took him a long time to realize it.
(b) Chesterton tells stories rather than arguing a point.
(c) Chesterton has a good sense of humor.
(d) Chesterton wandered far to discover the truths he could have found in the nearby church.
2. What do art and ecstasy recall to us, in Chesterton's words? (Chesterton 2000, p.g 212)
(a) "There is no connection, except that one has seen them together."
(b) "For one awful instant we remember that we forget."
(c) "All the fire of the fairy tales is derived from this."
(d) "For certain dead levels of our life we forget that we have forgotten."
3. According to Chesterton, what is the problem with moving slowly toward justice?
(a) A man will only be able to act on old ideas.
(b) The definition of justice changes too often in that time.
(c) It does not allow a man to move swiftly toward a better state of things.
(d) People cannot make just decisions in a large amount of time.
4. According to Chesterton, what characteristics do madmen share with many respected teachers and scientists?
(a) Spiritual confusion and materialistic thinking.
(b) Small reason and enlarged common sense.
(c) Narcissism and short-sightedness.
(d) Enlarged reason and small common sense.
5. What was Chesterton's early progression through religious mindsets?
(a) Pantheist by twelve, Christian by fifteen.
(b) Pagan by twelve, agnostic by sixteen.
(c) Agnostic by ten, Christian by thirteen.
(d) Pagan by six, pantheist by eight.
Short Answer Questions
1. What people, in their interactions with women, does Chesterton call stupid?
2. Why does Chesterton call the cross "the symbol at once of mystery and of health?" (Chesterton 2000, pg. 188).
3. How does Chesterton contrast pantheism and action?
4. How does today's skeptic compare to the skeptic of the French Revolution, according to Chesterton?
5. According to Chesterton, what is too big an undertaking for a book even of a larger scope?
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