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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 does Chesterton see as the purpose of the boundaries established by Christianity?
(a) To deny earthly happiness to believers.
(b) To establish the power of the church.
(c) To expel unhappy and fierce things.
(d) To let good things run wild.
2. Why, according to Chesterton, can a madman never understand simple, careless acts?
(a) He cannot differentiate between careless and important acts.
(b) He sees purpose in every act.
(c) His world is comprised of careless acts.
(d) He does not notice insignificant things.
3. At the beginning of Chapter VI, The Paradoxes of Christianity, what does Chesterton call the most common problem with the world?
(a) The world is governed by mathematical principles.
(b) The world is too logical.
(c) The world is almost logical but not quite.
(d) The world is not logical at all.
4. Why does Chesterton say that the Christian virtues have become crazy?
(a) They are separate from the Bible.
(b) They are isolated from all other virtues.
(c) They are practiced in the wrong contexts.
(d) They are not truly Christian.
5. Why are people who admire Christianity, but do not believe it, uncomfortable?
(a) Christianity is elaborately right.
(b) Christianity was valid in the past but may not continue to be valid.
(c) Christianity has only a few answers for their problems.
(d) Christianity has philosophical answers but not realistic answers.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the title of Chapter I?
2. What do art and ecstasy recall to us, in Chesterton's words? (Chesterton 2000, p.g 212)
3. What does Chesterton say is the result of believing that progress is a natural, predictable happening?
4. According to Chesterton, at the beginning of Chapter Two, what happens to the men who believe in themselves?
5. Why does Chesterton say that any discussion about the creation/sustaining principle in the world must be metaphorical?
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