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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. Using the standards of the moralists, why does Chesterton say that the universe cannot be called large?
(a) Because there is nothing to compare it to.
(b) Because fairy tales explain it.
(c) Because God made it.
(d) Because man can fully understand it.
2. Chesterton notes a startling difference between Christian and Buddhist art. What is this difference?
(a) Whether the scene is set indoors or outdoors.
(b) Whether the colors are bright or dim.
(c) Whether the people's eyes are open or shut.
(d) Whether the people are predominantly young or old.
3. Why does Chesterton not claim this new-found philosophy as his own?
(a) It is a way of living rather than a philosophy.
(b) He did not really find or invent it.
(c) It belongs to God and humanity.
(d) He is too modest to claim his own work.
4. In looking at Christianity and materialism, what coincidence stopped Chesterton in his tracks?
(a) That Christianity was accused of being both too optimistic and too pessimistic.
(b) That the materialists could not agree on a definition of their worldview.
(c) That the scientists directly contradicted their theories of evolution.
(d) That Christianity was accused of being both too holy and too inane.
5. What does Chesterton assert about W. B. Yeats?
(a) His Irish heritage opens his eyes to the wonders of fairyland.
(b) He is close to understanding fairy tales but cannot write them well.
(c) He is too stupid to understand fairy tales.
(d) He understands fairy tales better than any other poet.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Chesterton assert as a necessity for the human mind?
2. In Chesterton's argument, why can the orthodox man believe in revolution?
3. In the middle of Chapter One, why does Chesterton say this book is a joke on him?
4. In Chesterton's story about the sailor, what mistake does the man make?
5. What does Chesterton assume as common ground between him and any reader?
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