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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. What widespread mistake about mystical imagination does Chesterton want to erase?
(a) It is damaging to a man's mental capacity.
(b) It distracts a man unnecessarily.
(c) It greatly benefits a man's mental capacity.
(d) It is suitable only for children.
2. According to Chesterton, when is a disease beautiful?
(a) When it is someone else's disease.
(b) When the disease is gone.
(c) When it brings conversion to the invalid.
(d) When it reveals the invalid's soul.
3. As the determinist is confronted with the problem of sin, what does Chesterton say that he believes in?
(a) Asserting that the world is a closed system.
(b) Enforcing the necessity of certain acts.
(c) Enforcing the power of free will.
(d) Changing the environment.
4. In fairy tales and fiction, what change does Chesterton name that makes the stories monotonous?
(a) The hero is now abnormal and his adventures are not surprising.
(b) The hero has no precedent for resolution to the conflict.
(c) The hero is boring and not surprised by the adventures.
(d) There is no original model for a hero.
5. Why does Chesterton think that materialism is much narrower than Christianity?
(a) Materialism has a smaller view of man.
(b) Christianity encompasses all of Judeo-Christian tradition.
(c) Materialism has no belief in an afterlife.
(d) Materialism cannot allow even a hint of the supernatural or strange.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter One, what has Christianity named the mixture of the well-known and the unknown?
2. Why does Chesterton call the cross "the symbol at once of mystery and of health?" (Chesterton 2000, pg. 188).
3. According to Chesterton, at the beginning of Chapter Two, what happens to the men who believe in themselves?
4. Chesterton says that this common ground is mostly found among what group of readers?
5. In the middle of Chapter One, why does Chesterton say this book is a joke on him?
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