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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. According to Chesterton, at the beginning of Chapter Two, what happens to the men who believe in themselves?
(a) They are never properly appreciated.
(b) They have difficulty maintaining that belief.
(c) They end up in insane asylums.
(d) They achieve far more than other men do.

2. What examples does Chesterton give of lunatic thinking?
(a) A lonely woman and her lonely child.
(b) Two competing maggots in a chunk of bread.
(c) A man conspired against, the King of England, and Jesus Christ.
(d) A crushed moth and a live one.

3. Why does Chesterton call the cross "the symbol at once of mystery and of health?" (Chesterton 2000, pg. 188).
(a) Its shocking history draws believers in.
(b) Its arms extend throughout the whole world.
(c) Its power contradicts its history.
(d) It does not represent the closed system of Eastern thought.

4. As Chesterton explains the origin of the word, the moon is the mother of which group of people?
(a) Priests.
(b) Believers.
(c) Atheists.
(d) Lunatics.

5. How does Chesterton feel about the book Orthodoxy once it is completed?
(a) He wants to write a sequel.
(b) He is very proud of it.
(c) It is not perfect but he's happy.
(d) He would never read it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the middle of Chapter One, why does Chesterton say this book is a joke on him?

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

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

4. In a person's pursuit for truth, what might happen, according to Chesterton?

5. In Chesterton's story about the sailor, what mistake does the man make?

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