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

2. What widespread mistake about mystical imagination does Chesterton want to erase?
(a) It is suitable only for children.
(b) It distracts a man unnecessarily.
(c) It greatly benefits a man's mental capacity.
(d) It is damaging to a man's mental capacity.

3. As the reader can infer from the beginning of Chapter Two, what is Hanwell?
(a) An insane asylum.
(b) A hospital.
(c) A prestigious church.
(d) The author's neighborhood.

4. What did Chesterton discover about the truths he found in religious thought?
(a) They contradicted each other.
(b) They were not his.
(c) They could not be lived out.
(d) They were not fully truth.

5. In a person's pursuit for truth, what might happen, according to Chesterton?
(a) He loses hope that truth exists.
(b) He loses hope that he, a mortal, can ever find the truth.
(c) He searches for extraordinary truths.
(d) He finds great, unsearchable truths.

Short Answer Questions

1. What thing does Chesterton despise more than anything else?

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

3. What document does Chesterton refer to by the word "orthodoxy"?

4. When materialism leads a man to fatalism, what does it also accomplish, according to Chesterton?

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

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