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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. Chesterton opens Chapter VII, The Eternal Revolution, with how many points of summary?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

2. What is the problem with taking change as the ideal in a man's life, according to Chesterton?
(a) Change cannot progress.
(b) The notion itself must be able to change, in order to suit the age.
(c) A man prefers monotony.
(d) Change, in itself, is narrow and tedious.

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

4. In looking at Christianity and materialism, what coincidence stopped Chesterton in his tracks?
(a) That the scientists directly contradicted their theories of evolution.
(b) That Christianity was accused of being both too optimistic and too pessimistic.
(c) That the materialists could not agree on a definition of their worldview.
(d) That Christianity was accused of being both too holy and too inane.

5. Why does Chesterton admire Joan of Arc?
(a) She is an icon of Christianity and courage.
(b) She provides courage to the French.
(c) She is everything that he admired.
(d) She turned her fright into courage, when faced with battle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Mr. Street?

3. In Chapter Two, what drives a man to insanity?

4. According to Chesterton, what is the only thing a poet desires?

5. In Chesterton's example of a man's interaction with the tiger, what does evolution not tell the man?

(see the answer key)

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