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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. Why does Chesterton not claim this new-found philosophy as his own?
(a) It is a way of living rather than a philosophy.
(b) It belongs to God and humanity.
(c) He is too modest to claim his own work.
(d) He did not really find or invent it.

2. As revealed in Chapter Two, what is the secret of mysticism?
(a) Mysticism provides a lens for understanding the supernatural.
(b) A man can understand life through things he does not understand.
(c) Mysticism leads to God, who has the answers.
(d) A man can try to understand life through the supernatural.

3. As Chesterton explains, what mindset does a man have when he believes he is part of the living, breathing church?
(a) He may take his life for granted.
(b) He never stops praising God.
(c) He expects more truth every day.
(d) He has a new appreciation for life.

4. After studying the attacks on Christianity, what did Chesterton conclude?
(a) Christianity might actually be true.
(b) Christianity was full of logical problems.
(c) Attacks on Christianity were largely valid.
(d) Christianity must be very wrong or absolutely right.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chesterton not mean by the word "orthodoxy"?

2. How does Chesterton define tradition in political terms?

3. What is Chesterton's first answer to the last and real question?

4. What does Chesterton define as the problem with pessimists?

5. In Chesterton's explanation, how do religions of the world differ?

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