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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Chesterton call suicide the greatest sin?
(a) Because it takes a life God had given.
(b) Because it cuts off the future.
(c) Because, in the eyes of one man, it kills the whole world.
(d) Because man is acting like God.

3. At the beginning of Chapter VI, The Paradoxes of Christianity, what does Chesterton call the most common problem with the world?
(a) The world is too logical.
(b) The world is governed by mathematical principles.
(c) The world is not logical at all.
(d) The world is almost logical but not quite.

4. What does Chesterton say is the result of believing that progress is a natural, predictable happening?
(a) A person works harder to achieve this.
(b) A person ceases to believe in progress.
(c) A person becomes lazy.
(d) A person looks for ethical support.

5. In Chesterton's example of a man's interaction with the tiger, what does evolution not tell the man?
(a) How to imitate the tiger.
(b) How to be tender to the tiger.
(c) How to treat the tiger reasonably.
(d) How to empathize with the tiger.

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

7. Why, in the abstract, does Chesterton disapprove of long, complicated words?
(a) They are difficult to read and pronounce.
(b) Few people know what they mean.
(c) They do not require thinking.
(d) They hinder understanding.

8. What was Chesterton's early progression through religious mindsets?
(a) Pagan by six, pantheist by eight.
(b) Pagan by twelve, agnostic by sixteen.
(c) Pantheist by twelve, Christian by fifteen.
(d) Agnostic by ten, Christian by thirteen.

9. What moment does Chesterton point to as the single instant when God appeared to be atheist?
(a) When the first person, Abel, was murdered.
(b) When Christ was abandoned on the cross.
(c) When Eve fell into sin.
(d) When he had to send the Flood to wipe out most of humanity.

10. Why does Chesterton say that miracles are eminently desirable?
(a) Man can triumph over nature's cruelty.
(b) Miracles give people a glimpse of the supernatural.
(c) Religious people have the opportunity to prove their beliefs.
(d) Man can begin to understand God.

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

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

13. In determining his criteria for progress, what does Chesterton discover?
(a) Buddhism shed some light on his questions.
(b) Christianity could not answer any of his questions.
(c) Christianity could lead him to the answers.
(d) Christianity arrived there first.

14. What definition does Chesterton find BEST for optimist and pessimist?
(a) An optimist looks after your eyes, while a pessimist looks after your feet.
(b) An optimist sees the world as the best it can be, while the pessimist sees the world as the worst it can be.
(c) An optimist thinks everything right but the pessimist, while the pessimist thinks everything wrong but himself.
(d) An optimist has nothing but hope, while the pessimist has everything but hope.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chesterton's argument, why can the orthodox man believe in revolution?

2. Why are people who admire Christianity, but do not believe it, uncomfortable?

3. What people, in their interactions with women, does Chesterton call stupid?

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

5. What does Chesterton call the worst religion of all?

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