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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IX: Authority and the Adventurer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chesterton's example, why is it important for Gradgrind to give his employees skeptical literature?
(a) He wants to tear down the traditions.
(b) He wants to keep their minds sharp.
(c) If their minds always change, they will be content with anything he provides.
(d) If the ideal always changes, earthly life will stay the same.

2. Chesterton notes a startling difference between Christian and Buddhist art. What is this difference?
(a) Whether the colors are bright or dim.
(b) Whether the people's eyes are open or shut.
(c) Whether the scene is set indoors or outdoors.
(d) Whether the people are predominantly young or old.

3. What document does Chesterton refer to by the word "orthodoxy"?
(a) The Disciples' Creed.
(b) The Apostles' Creed.
(c) The Nicene Creed.
(d) The Athanasian Creed.

4. How does language about Christ differ from the language Christ used?
(a) The first is fanatical; the second appeals to everyone.
(b) The first is gigantic; the second is meek.
(c) The first is harsh; the second is gentle and kind.
(d) The first is mild; the second is huge and unafraid.

5. What oddity does Chesterton find in the modern world?
(a) Men ignore the spiritual life in pursuit of the physical.
(b) Men have artistic luxury but physical poorness.
(c) Men ignore the physical life in pursuit of the spiritual.
(d) Men have physical luxury but artistic poorness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chesterton suspect that God suppressed while he walked on earth

2. What two extremes does Chesterton foresee in man's future?

3. Why does Chesterton discount the idea that everything divine began in terror and darkness?

4. What fact do religious men no longer accept as a foundational belief?

5. What does Chesterton say is the quintessence of will?

(see the answer key)

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