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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. How does Chesterton describe a madman's reasoning?
(a) As a small, perfect circle.
(b) As an infinite line.
(c) As a precise box.
(d) As a tangle of threads.

2. Why, earlier in Chapter One, does Chesterton tell the story of the sailor?
(a) He is that sailor.
(b) To illustrate his idea of wonder.
(c) To explain his picture of God.
(d) The sailor will appear throughout the book.

3. According to Chesterton at the beginning of the first chapter, why did he write the book?
(a) As a personal challenge to himself.
(b) Because he had a well-crafted argument for Christianity.
(c) In response to a challenge.
(d) Because he had to work through his religious beliefs.

4. What thing does Chesterton despise more than anything else?
(a) The creativity of desperation.
(b) Pure sophistry.
(c) An illogical argument.
(d) A blatant lie.

5. According to Chesterton, what is the only thing a poet desires?
(a) An understanding of the heavens.
(b) A raft to float on.
(c) A world to stretch out in.
(d) The ability to cross the infinite sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chesterton feel about the book Orthodoxy once it is completed?

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

3. According to Chesterton, what keeps a man sane?

4. In fairy tales and fiction, what change does Chesterton name that makes the stories monotonous?

5. What examples does Chesterton give of lunatic thinking?

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