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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IV: The Ethics of Elfland.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why, earlier in Chapter One, does Chesterton tell the story of the sailor?
(a) To explain his picture of God.
(b) The sailor will appear throughout the book.
(c) To illustrate his idea of wonder.
(d) He is that sailor.

2. In Chapter IV, The Ethics of Elfland, what does Chesterton name as the first principle of democracy?
(a) Men act as individuals.
(b) Men act within the body of citizens.
(c) The essential things are those they hold in common.
(d) The essential things are those they hold as individuals.

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

4. What is Chesterton's amazement at scientific advancement?
(a) That one unknown thing following another unknown thing adds up to an understandable phenomenon.
(b) That science has no relation to the world of fairytales.
(c) That anyone has been smart enough to understand the physical world.
(d) That people accept scientific theories without testing them for truth.

5. According to Chesterton, what keeps a man sane?
(a) God.
(b) Religion.
(c) Reason.
(d) Mysticism.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Chesterton, when is a disease beautiful?

3. Who does Chesterton name as the only great English poet to go mad?

4. In moving through fairyland, what is the test of happiness, according to Chesterton?

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

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