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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. Who is Mr. Street?
(a) A character in one of Chesterton's tales.
(b) A journalist who first reviewed the book Orthodoxy.
(c) A philosopher who probably opposes Chesterton.
(d) The man most affected by the book.

2. What does evolution destroy, according to Chesterton?
(a) Science.
(b) Reason.
(c) Religion.
(d) Modern intelligence.

3. Why does Chesterton say that satire is disappearing from modern literature?
(a) Modern satire takes different forms than literature.
(b) Satire is too violent for the modern mind.
(c) There is nothing to be fierce about.
(d) Writers are not taught to appreciate satire.

4. What, according to Chesterton, is the proper place for humility?
(a) In a man's view of himself.
(b) In a man's sense of ambition and effort.
(c) In a man's perception of others.
(d) In a man's sense of conviction.

5. In Chesterton's story about the sailor, what mistake does the man make?
(a) From the harbor, he sets out in the wrong direction.
(b) He does not take enough fresh water.
(c) He thinks England is a new island in the South Seas.
(d) He navigates by the sun rather than by the stars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Chesterton discover about the truths he found in religious thought?

2. In Chapter One, what has Christianity named the mixture of the well-known and the unknown?

3. What is the "false theory of progress?" (Chesterton 2000, pg. 196)

4. Who is Mr. Blatchford?

5. What does Chesterton assert as a necessity for the human mind?

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