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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. What conclusion does the complete skeptic eventually reach?
(a) He has no right to think for himself.
(b) No one else can think for him.
(c) He will never find the answers.
(d) There are no answers to be found.

2. When materialism leads a man to fatalism, what does it also accomplish, according to Chesterton?
(a) It cripples his free will.
(b) It also destroys his humanity.
(c) It acts as a liberating force.
(d) It also destroys his sense of hope.

3. How does Chesterton feel about the book Orthodoxy once it is completed?
(a) He would never read it.
(b) It is not perfect but he's happy.
(c) He is very proud of it.
(d) He wants to write a sequel.

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

5. According to Chesterton, at the beginning of Chapter Two, what happens to the men who believe in themselves?
(a) They have difficulty maintaining that belief.
(b) They are never properly appreciated.
(c) They end up in insane asylums.
(d) They achieve far more than other men do.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why, according to Chesterton, can a madman never understand simple, careless acts?

2. What does Chesterton say is losing its authority in the modern mind?

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

4. How does today's skeptic compare to the skeptic of the French Revolution, according to Chesterton?

5. What does Chesterton say is the quintessence of will?

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