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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter VIII, the Romance of Orthodoxy, what does Chesterton name as the cause for busyness in modern society?
(a) Stress.
(b) Bustle.
(c) Laziness.
(d) Fast-paced life.

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

3. What is Chesterton's stated purpose in Chapter VI, the Paradoxes of Christianity
(a) To show that Christianity cannot account for irregularities.
(b) To show that Christianity has an answer for every problem.
(c) To show that Christianity is fully logical.
(d) To show that Christianity's irregularities are matched in its truths.

4. Why does Chesterton say that any discussion about the creation/sustaining principle in the world must be metaphorical?
(a) Because it is necessarily verbal.
(b) Because man can never prove the principle.
(c) Because it relates to God.
(d) Because man cannot truly understand creation.

5. Chesterton names four standards by which people try to establish the ideals of equality and inequality. What is his opinion of the fourth standard?
(a) It is the only sensible one.
(b) It is the only one fitting to Christianity.
(c) Its roots are in paganism.
(d) It is ridiculous.

6. What does Chesterton call "the most difficult and interesting part of the mental process" that he reached? (Chesterton 2000, pg. 247)
(a) The problem of dealing with human passions.
(b) The fact that love and hate must burn equally strong.
(c) The fact that love and hate must soften each other.
(d) The problem of balance which is presented in the world.

7. As Chesterton contrasts miracles with progress, how does he define a miracle?
(a) Evidence for supernatural occurrences.
(b) Gradual control of a thing by the mind.
(c) God stepping into the flow of time.
(d) Swift control of a thing by the mind.

8. What two extremes does Chesterton foresee in man's future?
(a) Christianity or atheism.
(b) Living a fairytale or living in hell.
(c) Sitting absolutely still or smashing the world for fun.
(d) Overpopulation or extermination of humanity.

9. What taunt does Swinburne hurl about the Galilean, Christ?
(a) His heart cannot soften the world.
(b) His salvation is not sufficient for all of humanity.
(c) His breath turns the world gray.
(d) His gaze makes men's hearts quiver in fear.

10. How has western religion interacted with the idea of social organisms?
(a) Western religion says that the church provides the only stable society.
(b) Western religion says that social organisms are harmful to faith.
(c) Western religion says that the family unit is the only important social organism.
(d) Western religion says that no person should be alone.

11. Why did a typical nineteenth-century man not believe in Christ's resurrection, according to Chesterton?
(a) His scientific mind told him it was impossible.
(b) His liberal Christianity did not allow it.
(c) He didn't want to acknowledge Christ's divinity.
(d) His materialism did not allow it.

12. In looking at Christianity and materialism, what coincidence stopped Chesterton in his tracks?
(a) That the scientists directly contradicted their theories of evolution.
(b) That Christianity was accused of being both too holy and too inane.
(c) That Christianity was accused of being both too optimistic and too pessimistic.
(d) That the materialists could not agree on a definition of their worldview.

13. According to Chesterton, how did men gain morality?
(a) By teaching tradition to their children.
(b) By safe-guarding their religion.
(c) By safe-guarding their culture.
(d) By consciously working out a moral code.

14. Why, according to Christianity, can passions be free?
(a) Because they are kept in their proper places.
(b) Because they are monitored by the church.
(c) Because their consequences will not come until the afterlife.
(d) Because a believer's conscience keeps him from extreme passions.

15. Chesterton opens Chapter VII, The Eternal Revolution, with how many points of summary?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Chesterton's stated goal for Chapter VIII, The Romance of Orthodoxy?

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

3. After studying the attacks on Christianity, what did Chesterton conclude?

4. What is the evil of the pessimist? (Chesterton 2000, pg. 226)

5. What is Chesterton's third criterion for progress?

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