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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. When materialism leads a man to fatalism, what does it also accomplish, according to Chesterton?
(a) It acts as a liberating force.
(b) It cripples his free will.
(c) It also destroys his humanity.
(d) It also destroys his sense of hope.

2. What do art and ecstasy recall to us, in Chesterton's words? (Chesterton 2000, p.g 212)
(a) "For one awful instant we remember that we forget."
(b) "All the fire of the fairy tales is derived from this."
(c) "There is no connection, except that one has seen them together."
(d) "For certain dead levels of our life we forget that we have forgotten."

3. What does Bernard Shaw assert about the idea of choice?
(a) Choice has little effect in a man's philosophical thinking.
(b) Choice was an effective contrivance in past ages but not in the modern age.
(c) Choice has replaced free will as the standard of desire in a man's life.
(d) Choice has replaced happiness as the standard of desire in a man's life.

4. What does Chesterton say happens when a skeptic revolts against everything?
(a) He becomes excellent at tearing down established ways of thinking.
(b) He begins to distrust everything.
(c) He learns to rebut every traditionalist.
(d) He loses his right to speak out against anything.

5. According to Chesterton, why is Bernard Shaw hampered in his thinking?
(a) He can only tell lies that he believes.
(b) He is not humorous enough.
(c) He tells too many lies.
(d) He is too logical in his arguments.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chesterton name as the second principle of democracy?

2. What does Chesterton explain as his method for proving his argument?

3. What choice faces the modern religious philosopher, according to Chesterton?

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

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

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