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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. According to Chesterton, what symbol explains to way that mysticism clarifies the world?
(a) The ocean.
(b) The moon.
(c) A mountain.
(d) The sun.

2. What document does Chesterton refer to by the word "orthodoxy"?
(a) The Disciples' Creed.
(b) The Apostles' Creed.
(c) The Athanasian Creed.
(d) The Nicene Creed.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Chesterton in Chapter Two, what is comparable to curing a madman?

3. In the same story of the sailor, what is better than discovering a new land?

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

5. In fairy tales and fiction, what change does Chesterton name that makes the stories monotonous?

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