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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 does Chesterton name as the only great English poet to go mad?
(a) Dryden.
(b) Poe.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Cowper.

2. What does Chesterton label as the second problem of modern intellectualism?
(a) Confidence.
(b) Brashness.
(c) Helplessness.
(d) Fanciful thinking.

3. In a person's pursuit for truth, what might happen, according to Chesterton?
(a) He loses hope that truth exists.
(b) He finds great, unsearchable truths.
(c) He loses hope that he, a mortal, can ever find the truth.
(d) He searches for extraordinary truths.

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

5. Why does Chesterton say that someone might be entertained by reading the book Orthodoxy?
(a) Chesterton tells stories rather than arguing a point.
(b) Chesterton wandered far to discover the truths he could have found in the nearby church.
(c) Chesterton has a good sense of humor.
(d) Chesterton's quest was fruitless from the beginning, but it took him a long time to realize it.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the problem with taking change as the ideal in a man's life, according to Chesterton?

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

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

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