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

2. Why does Chesterton assert that tall towers are an example of humility?
(a) They remind man how far he still must go.
(b) They connect a man directly to God, who is greater.
(c) They speak to man's sense of accomplishment.
(d) A man must be small to appreciate their size.

3. How does today's skeptic compare to the skeptic of the French Revolution, according to Chesterton?
(a) Today's skeptic cannot even define what he trusts.
(b) Today's skeptic is a true revolutionary.
(c) Today's skeptic is not nearly so violent.
(d) Today's skeptic is not a Jacobin.

4. What was Chesterton's early progression through religious mindsets?
(a) Pagan by six, pantheist by eight.
(b) Pagan by twelve, agnostic by sixteen.
(c) Pantheist by twelve, Christian by fifteen.
(d) Agnostic by ten, Christian by thirteen.

5. What is Chesterton's third criterion for progress?
(a) It must be earthly.
(b) It must be like Eden.
(c) It must be a utopia.
(d) It must be heavenly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chesterton notes a startling difference between Christian and Buddhist art. What is this difference?

2. What reason does Chesterton give for the idea that love craves personality?

3. In the same story of the sailor, what is better than discovering a new land?

4. According to Chesterton, what is the only thing a poet desires?

5. How has western religion interacted with the idea of social organisms?

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