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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 is Chesterton's first criterion for progress?
(a) It must be unchanging.
(b) It must be attainable.
(c) It must mesh with tradition.
(d) It must be accessible to everyone.

2. What is Chesterton's stated goal for Chapter VIII, The Romance of Orthodoxy?
(a) To question the sentimental value of Christianity.
(b) To point out the paradoxes of Christianity.
(c) To introduce the idea of Christian romance.
(d) To point out that liberal thinking is actually illiberal.

3. What is the title of Chapter I?
(a) Introduction and Seduction of Thought.
(b) The Paradoxes of Christianity and Everything Else.
(c) Introduction in Defense of Everything Else.
(d) The Romance of Orthodoxy.

4. What is the title of the essay that H. G. Wells wrote on skepticism?
(a) Doubts of the Instrument.
(b) The Creeds and Hierarchies.
(c) Understanding the Skeptical Mind.
(d) Skepticism from a Philosophical Viewpoint.

5. What does Chesterton define as the problem with pessimists?
(a) They impede progress.
(b) They are opposed to optimists.
(c) They are cosmic anti-patriots.
(d) They are opposed to religious beliefs in any form.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bernard Shaw speak of miracles?

2. In general, what does Chesterton say is a liberal clergyman's attitude toward miracles?

3. Why does Chesterton call courage a contradiction?

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

5. How does H. G. Wells perceive categories of things?

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