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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VIII: The Romance of Orthodoxy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter VIII, the Romance of Orthodoxy, what does Chesterton name as the cause for busyness in modern society?
(a) Bustle.
(b) Fast-paced life.
(c) Laziness.
(d) Stress.

2. Why, in the abstract, does Chesterton disapprove of long, complicated words?
(a) They are difficult to read and pronounce.
(b) They do not require thinking.
(c) Few people know what they mean.
(d) They hinder understanding.

3. What people, in their interactions with women, does Chesterton call stupid?
(a) Those who think women's loyalty stems from blindness to a man's fault.
(b) Those who abuse a woman's loyalty by constantly testing it.
(c) Those who think women's loyalty is a fault.
(d) Those who take women for granted.

4. What does Chesterton explain as his method for proving his argument?
(a) Laying out each argument as he refuted the skeptics.
(b) Laying out arguments with an acronym he came up with for his faith.
(c) Laying out arguments as he had thought of them, and then discovering they were already proven in Christianity.
(d) Presenting each tenet of a well-reasoned case for Christianity.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Chesterton, what effect does the moralists' attitude have on the cosmos?

3. Why does Chesterton say that someone might be entertained by reading the book Orthodoxy?

4. In general, what does Chesterton say is a liberal clergyman's attitude toward miracles?

5. According to Chesterton, what mindset, paralleling patriotism, leads to reform?

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