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

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

3. What happened as Chesterton put the final touches onto the heresy he had created?
(a) He found that the heresy was paganism.
(b) He found that it was orthodoxy.
(c) He found that the heresy was untenable.
(d) He found that he no longer believed it.

4. Who is Mr. Street?
(a) A character in one of Chesterton's tales.
(b) The man most affected by the book.
(c) A journalist who first reviewed the book Orthodoxy.
(d) A philosopher who probably opposes Chesterton.

5. How does Chesterton end Chapter One?
(a) Exhorting the reader to examine his definition of "orthodoxy."
(b) Saying that he will write another book if challenged.
(c) Beginning to lay the foundation of Christian-Judeo history.
(d) Claiming to prove every premise to his thesis.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chesterton, what characteristics do madmen share with many respected teachers and scientists?

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

3. What does Chesterton not mean by the word "orthodoxy"?

4. What choice faces the modern religious philosopher, according to Chesterton?

5. As the reader can infer from the beginning of Chapter Two, what is Hanwell?

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