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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 choice faces the modern religious philosopher, according to Chesterton?
(a) Deny or accept man's ability to raise himself to the heavens.
(b) Deny God or deny God's connection with man.
(c) Accept a personal God or an impersonal force.
(d) Deny God or accept God.

2. How does today's skeptic compare to the skeptic of the French Revolution, according to Chesterton?
(a) Today's skeptic is not a Jacobin.
(b) Today's skeptic is not nearly so violent.
(c) Today's skeptic cannot even define what he trusts.
(d) Today's skeptic is a true revolutionary.

3. What thing does Chesterton despise more than anything else?
(a) An illogical argument.
(b) Pure sophistry.
(c) The creativity of desperation.
(d) A blatant lie.

4. What fact do religious men no longer accept as a foundational belief?
(a) Mercy.
(b) Forgiveness.
(c) Righteous wrath.
(d) Sin.

5. What does Chesterton assert as a necessity for the human mind?
(a) Belief in objective truth.
(b) Belief in the Christian God.
(c) Some type of religious grounding.
(d) Belief in the power of progress.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chesterton describe a madman's reasoning?

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

3. What happened as Chesterton put the final touches onto the heresy he had created?

4. Why does Chesterton assert that tall towers are an example of humility?

5. According to Chesterton, what is too big an undertaking for a book even of a larger scope?

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