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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does H. G. Wells perceive categories of things?
(a) He perceives twelve categories.
(b) He says categories do not exist.
(c) He subdivides things into tiny categories.
(d) He notes five categories.
2. According to Chesterton, what characteristics do madmen share with many respected teachers and scientists?
(a) Narcissism and short-sightedness.
(b) Small reason and enlarged common sense.
(c) Enlarged reason and small common sense.
(d) Spiritual confusion and materialistic thinking.
3. How does Chesterton define tradition in political terms?
(a) Thinking of one's ancestors as kings.
(b) Defining the past as an oligarchy.
(c) Defining the past as a democracy that is long gone.
(d) Allowing one's ancestors to vote.
4. Chesterton says that this common ground is mostly found among what group of readers?
(a) Readers from Western culture.
(b) People who have read a large amount of Christian apologetics.
(c) Well-educated readers.
(d) Readers from Eastern culture.
5. Why does Chesterton say that satire is disappearing from modern literature?
(a) Modern satire takes different forms than literature.
(b) Writers are not taught to appreciate satire.
(c) Satire is too violent for the modern mind.
(d) There is nothing to be fierce about.
6. As revealed in Chapter Two, what is the secret of mysticism?
(a) Mysticism provides a lens for understanding the supernatural.
(b) Mysticism leads to God, who has the answers.
(c) A man can understand life through things he does not understand.
(d) A man can try to understand life through the supernatural.
7. What is the problem with taking change as the ideal in a man's life, according to Chesterton?
(a) Change cannot progress.
(b) The notion itself must be able to change, in order to suit the age.
(c) Change, in itself, is narrow and tedious.
(d) A man prefers monotony.
8. Why, according to Chesterton, can a madman never understand simple, careless acts?
(a) He cannot differentiate between careless and important acts.
(b) His world is comprised of careless acts.
(c) He sees purpose in every act.
(d) He does not notice insignificant things.
9. Why does Chesterton say that someone might be entertained by reading the book Orthodoxy?
(a) Chesterton's quest was fruitless from the beginning, but it took him a long time to realize it.
(b) Chesterton has a good sense of humor.
(c) Chesterton wandered far to discover the truths he could have found in the nearby church.
(d) Chesterton tells stories rather than arguing a point.
10. What, in Chesterton's example, might God have an eternal appetite for?
(a) Repetition.
(b) Fairytales.
(c) Theatrics.
(d) Infancy.
11. Why does Chesterton admire Joan of Arc?
(a) She provides courage to the French.
(b) She is an icon of Christianity and courage.
(c) She turned her fright into courage, when faced with battle.
(d) She is everything that he admired.
12. According to Chesterton, what keeps a man sane?
(a) God.
(b) Mysticism.
(c) Reason.
(d) Religion.
13. According to Chesterton, why is Bernard Shaw hampered in his thinking?
(a) He is too logical in his arguments.
(b) He can only tell lies that he believes.
(c) He tells too many lies.
(d) He is not humorous enough.
14. What is Chesterton's amazement at scientific advancement?
(a) That anyone has been smart enough to understand the physical world.
(b) That science has no relation to the world of fairytales.
(c) That people accept scientific theories without testing them for truth.
(d) That one unknown thing following another unknown thing adds up to an understandable phenomenon.
15. In the middle of Chapter One, why does Chesterton say this book is a joke on him?
(a) No one around him agrees with his argument.
(b) He does not take its content seriously.
(c) He went looking for something that is already known.
(d) He wrote it so he could win a bet.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Chesterton feel about the book Orthodoxy once it is completed?
2. What does Chesterton say concerning the boundaries of the will?
3. What does Bernard Shaw assert about the idea of choice?
4. What examples does Chesterton give of lunatic thinking?
5. In fairy tales and fiction, what change does Chesterton name that makes the stories monotonous?
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