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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. What is the evil of the pessimist? (Chesterton 2000, pg. 226)
(a) That "he chastises gods and men."
(b) That "he honestly angers honest men."
(c) That "he does not love what he chastises."
(d) That "he will defend the indefensible."

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

3. How has western religion interacted with the idea of social organisms?
(a) Western religion says that the family unit is the only important social organism.
(b) Western religion says that social organisms are harmful to faith.
(c) Western religion says that no person should be alone.
(d) Western religion says that the church provides the only stable society.

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

5. What is the "false theory of progress?" (Chesterton 2000, pg. 196)
(a) Confusing people with too much data.
(b) Changing the standards rather than becoming better.
(c) Tracking man's progress poorly.
(d) Defining man's progress in terms of religion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Chesterton name as the chief pleasure?

3. According to Chesterton, what is too big an undertaking for a book even of a larger scope?

4. According to Chesterton, what is the problem with moving slowly toward justice?

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

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