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

2. What does Chesterton say that moralists, including H. G. Wells, have turned into wickedness?
(a) The earth.
(b) Imagination.
(c) God.
(d) The heavens.

3. What does Chesterton explain as his method for proving his argument?
(a) Presenting each tenet of a well-reasoned case for Christianity.
(b) Laying out arguments as he had thought of them, and then discovering they were already proven in Christianity.
(c) Laying out each argument as he refuted the skeptics.
(d) Laying out arguments with an acronym he came up with for his faith.

4. 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) Readers from Eastern culture.
(c) Readers from Western culture.
(d) Well-educated readers.

5. In the middle of Chapter One, why does Chesterton say this book is a joke on him?
(a) He went looking for something that is already known.
(b) He wrote it so he could win a bet.
(c) No one around him agrees with his argument.
(d) He does not take its content seriously.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Chesterton admire Joan of Arc?

2. According to Chesterton, what symbol explains to way that mysticism clarifies the world?

3. Why, earlier in Chapter One, does Chesterton tell the story of the sailor?

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

5. How does Chesterton define tradition in political terms?

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