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

2. Chesterton says that this common ground is mostly found among what group of readers?
(a) Readers from Western culture.
(b) Well-educated readers.
(c) Readers from Eastern culture.
(d) People who have read a large amount of Christian apologetics.

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

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

5. What does Chesterton not mean by the word "orthodoxy"?
(a) Where Christians get the authority for the creed.
(b) The history behind the creed.
(c) The Biblical authority for the creed.
(d) The practical outworking of the creed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened as Chesterton put the final touches onto the heresy he had created?

2. Why, earlier in Chapter One, does Chesterton tell the story of the sailor?

3. Why does Chesterton call the cross "the symbol at once of mystery and of health?" (Chesterton 2000, pg. 188).

4. As revealed in Chapter Two, what is the secret of mysticism?

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

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