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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. Chesterton boils democracy down to one ideal. What is this?
(a) Individual beliefs take precedence over societal concerns.
(b) The most important things must be done by individuals.
(c) Only a man can rule himself.
(d) Man's ability to rule himself extends only to the limit that he does not violate cultural mores.

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

3. Who is Mr. Blatchford?
(a) An early Christian.
(b) A humanitarian.
(c) A pagan.
(d) A martyr.

4. Using the standards of the moralists, why does Chesterton say that the universe cannot be called large?
(a) Because fairy tales explain it.
(b) Because man can fully understand it.
(c) Because God made it.
(d) Because there is nothing to compare it to.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter III, The Suicide of Thought, why does Chesterton say that the modern world is too good?

2. What is the "false theory of progress?" (Chesterton 2000, pg. 196)

3. What is the title of the essay that H. G. Wells wrote on skepticism?

4. What does Chesterton say is losing its authority in the modern mind?

5. What words does Chesterton prefer when referring to nature?

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