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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 Chapter IV, The Ethics of Elfland, what does Chesterton name as the first principle of democracy?
(a) Men act as individuals.
(b) The essential things are those they hold in common.
(c) Men act within the body of citizens.
(d) The essential things are those they hold as individuals.

2. In Chesterton's argument, why can the orthodox man believe in revolution?
(a) Revolution coincides with orthodoxy.
(b) Revolution means restoration.
(c) It's a trick question - he cannot.
(d) Orthodoxy manifests itself as revolution.

3. Who does Chesterton name as the only great English poet to go mad?
(a) Cowper.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Dryden.
(d) Poe.

4. What words does Chesterton prefer when referring to nature?
(a) Law, theory, science.
(b) Law, necessity, order.
(c) Necessity, order, tendency.
(d) Charm, spell, enchantment.

5. How does Chesterton contrast pantheism and action?
(a) Pantheism is completely inactive and therefore opposes action.
(b) Pantheism looks only at the world; action looks also at the supernatural.
(c) Pantheism says one thing is as good as another; action chooses one thing as best.
(d) Pantheism entails all possibilities; action is exclusive in its choice.

Short Answer Questions

1. As revealed in Chapter Two, what is the secret of mysticism?

2. According to Chesterton, what is too big an undertaking for a book even of a larger scope?

3. In Chapter One, what has Christianity named the mixture of the well-known and the unknown?

4. What does Chesterton see as the purpose of the boundaries established by Christianity?

5. How do St. Francis of Assisi and George Herbert think of Nature?

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