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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VI: The Paradoxes of Christianity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Chesterton discover about the truths he found in religious thought?
(a) They were not fully truth.
(b) They were not his.
(c) They could not be lived out.
(d) They contradicted each other.

2. What problem, according to Chesterton, is the central issue in the book?
(a) Showing, through every facet, that the Christian faith is true.
(b) Constantly seeking the new idea.
(c) Defending tradition in the face of unnecessary change.
(d) Being simultaneously surprised by and at home in the world.

3. What does Chesterton say is the quintessence of will?
(a) That it is an action of freedom.
(b) That it is particular.
(c) That it has knowable consequences.
(d) That it is individual.

4. According to Chesterton at the beginning of the first chapter, why did he write the book?
(a) As a personal challenge to himself.
(b) Because he had to work through his religious beliefs.
(c) Because he had a well-crafted argument for Christianity.
(d) In response to a challenge.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Chesterton says that this common ground is mostly found among what group of readers?

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

4. What is Chesterton's stated purpose in Chapter VI, the Paradoxes of Christianity

5. What conclusion does the complete skeptic eventually reach?

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