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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. Why does Chesterton call the cross "the symbol at once of mystery and of health?" (Chesterton 2000, pg. 188).
(a) Its power contradicts its history.
(b) It does not represent the closed system of Eastern thought.
(c) Its shocking history draws believers in.
(d) Its arms extend throughout the whole world.

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

3. In Chapter III, The Suicide of Thought, how does a test of happiness compare to a test of the will?
(a) Happiness cannot truly be tested.
(b) The first is a true test but the second is not.
(c) They both lead to the same end.
(d) A test of happiness will always trump.

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

5. In Chapter One, what has Christianity named the mixture of the well-known and the unknown?
(a) Incarnation.
(b) Transubstantiation.
(c) Mystery.
(d) Romance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What choice faces the modern religious philosopher, according to Chesterton?

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

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

4. As the determinist is confronted with the problem of sin, what does Chesterton say that he believes in?

5. Why does Chesterton not claim this new-found philosophy as his own?

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