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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter II: The Maniac.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the middle of Chapter One, why does Chesterton say this book is a joke on him?
(a) He went looking for something that is already known.
(b) He wrote it so he could win a bet.
(c) No one around him agrees with his argument.
(d) He does not take its content seriously.

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

3. In the same story of the sailor, what is better than discovering a new land?
(a) Discovering that the new land is really the old one.
(b) Returning home to the old land.
(c) Claiming the new land for your own.
(d) Settling the new land and making it familiar.

4. Why, according to Chesterton, can a madman never understand simple, careless acts?
(a) He cannot differentiate between careless and important acts.
(b) He does not notice insignificant things.
(c) He sees purpose in every act.
(d) His world is comprised of careless acts.

5. As the reader can infer from the beginning of Chapter Two, what is Hanwell?
(a) A prestigious church.
(b) The author's neighborhood.
(c) An insane asylum.
(d) A hospital.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Chesterton assume as common ground between him and any reader?

3. What examples does Chesterton give of lunatic thinking?

4. Why does Chesterton not claim this new-found philosophy as his own?

5. What did Chesterton discover about the truths he found in religious thought?

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