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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. What widespread mistake about mystical imagination does Chesterton want to erase?
(a) It distracts a man unnecessarily.
(b) It is damaging to a man's mental capacity.
(c) It is suitable only for children.
(d) It greatly benefits a man's mental capacity.

2. Chesterton says that this common ground is mostly found among what group of readers?
(a) People who have read a large amount of Christian apologetics.
(b) Well-educated readers.
(c) Readers from Eastern culture.
(d) Readers from Western culture.

3. What happened as Chesterton put the final touches onto the heresy he had created?
(a) He found that it was orthodoxy.
(b) He found that he no longer believed it.
(c) He found that the heresy was untenable.
(d) He found that the heresy was paganism.

4. Why does Chesterton think glass is so often used in fairy tales?
(a) Glass is unusual for shoes and houses, and fitting to fairy tales.
(b) Glass is cheap and common.
(c) Glass, like happiness, is easily broken.
(d) Glass easily portrays vivid emotions like anger.

5. According to Chesterton, at the beginning of Chapter Two, what happens to the men who believe in themselves?
(a) They achieve far more than other men do.
(b) They are never properly appreciated.
(c) They have difficulty maintaining that belief.
(d) They end up in insane asylums.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Chesterton at the beginning of the first chapter, why did he write the book?

3. What does Chesterton assert about W. B. Yeats?

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

5. As Chesterton explains the origin of the word, the moon is the mother of which group of people?

(see the answer key)

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