1. What thing does Chesterton despise more than anything else?
(a) Pure sophistry.
(b) The creativity of desperation.
(c) An illogical argument.
(d) A blatant lie.

2. In Chesterton's story about the sailor, what mistake does the man make?
(a) He does not take enough fresh water.
(b) He navigates by the sun rather than by the stars.
(c) From the harbor, he sets out in the wrong direction.
(d) He thinks England is a new island in the South Seas.

3. How does Chesterton feel about the book Orthodoxy once it is completed?
(a) He wants to write a sequel.
(b) He would never read it.
(c) He is very proud of it.
(d) It is not perfect but he's happy.

4. According to Chesterton, what effect does the moralists' attitude have on the cosmos?
(a) There are exciting possibilities.
(b) God has no part in the cosmos or its creation.
(c) There can never be anything interesting.
(d) Fairy tales cannot explain the cosmos.

5. Why does Chesterton admire Joan of Arc?
(a) She provides courage to the French.
(b) She turned her fright into courage, when faced with battle.
(c) She is everything that he admired.
(d) She is an icon of Christianity and courage.

Short Answer Questions

1. "[T]he happiness depended on not doing something which you could at any moment do and which, very often, it was not obvious why you should not do." (Chesterton 2000, pg 215) What is Chesterton's opinion of this condition for happiness?

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

3. Why are people who admire Christianity, but do not believe it, uncomfortable?

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

5. According to Chesterton, what happens when a man worships physical nature?

(see the answer key)

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