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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter III: The Suicide of Thought.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In fairy tales and fiction, what change does Chesterton name that makes the stories monotonous?
(a) The hero is boring and not surprised by the adventures.
(b) The hero is now abnormal and his adventures are not surprising.
(c) The hero has no precedent for resolution to the conflict.
(d) There is no original model for a hero.

2. At the beginning of Chapter III, The Suicide of Thought, why does Chesterton say that the modern world is too good?
(a) Its ethics are better than they used to be.
(b) It has little conception of vice.
(c) It is full of wasted virtues.
(d) It deals well with evil.

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

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

5. How does the book look in relation to Chesterton, according to the author himself?
(a) Self-sufficient.
(b) Paltry.
(c) Altruistic.
(d) Egotistical.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Chesterton say that the Christian virtues have become crazy?

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

3. In Chapter III, The Suicide of Thought, what is the problem with modern philosophers?

4. What does Chesterton say concerning the boundaries of the will?

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

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