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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. In Chapter III, The Suicide of Thought, what is the problem with modern philosophers?
(a) They cannot find the answer.
(b) They are intellectually lazy.
(c) They have no hope of finding the answer.
(d) They cannot see the riddle.

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

3. At the beginning of Chapter III, The Suicide of Thought, why does Chesterton say that the modern world is too good?
(a) Its ethics are better than they used to be.
(b) It is full of wasted virtues.
(c) It deals well with evil.
(d) It has little conception of vice.

4. Chesterton says that this common ground is mostly found among what group of readers?
(a) Well-educated readers.
(b) People who have read a large amount of Christian apologetics.
(c) Readers from Western culture.
(d) Readers from Eastern culture.

5. As revealed in Chapter Two, what is the secret of mysticism?
(a) A man can understand life through things he does not understand.
(b) A man can try to understand life through the supernatural.
(c) Mysticism provides a lens for understanding the supernatural.
(d) Mysticism leads to God, who has the answers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a person's pursuit for truth, what might happen, according to Chesterton?

2. Using the standards of the moralists, why does Chesterton say that the universe cannot be called large?

3. Why does Chesterton admire Joan of Arc?

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

5. What does Chesterton see as the purpose of the boundaries established by Christianity?

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