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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Chesterton say that someone might be entertained by reading the book Orthodoxy?
(a) Chesterton tells stories rather than arguing a point.
(b) Chesterton has a good sense of humor.
(c) Chesterton's quest was fruitless from the beginning, but it took him a long time to realize it.
(d) Chesterton wandered far to discover the truths he could have found in the nearby church.

2. What does Chesterton label as the second problem of modern intellectualism?
(a) Fanciful thinking.
(b) Brashness.
(c) Confidence.
(d) Helplessness.

3. What does Chesterton not mean by the word "orthodoxy"?
(a) The history behind the creed.
(b) The practical outworking of the creed.
(c) The Biblical authority for the creed.
(d) Where Christians get the authority for the creed.

4. According to Chesterton, who is the only person to whom a modern realistic novel would not be boring?
(a) A scientist.
(b) A writer of fairytales.
(c) A child of ten.
(d) A baby.

5. In moving through fairyland, what is the test of happiness, according to Chesterton?
(a) Surprise.
(b) Reciprocity.
(c) Goodness.
(d) Gratitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chesterton say happens when a skeptic revolts against everything?

2. What does Chesterton name as the chief pleasure?

3. In a person's pursuit for truth, what might happen, according to Chesterton?

4. What is the "false theory of progress?" (Chesterton 2000, pg. 196)

5. What is the title of Chapter I?

Short Essay Questions

1. Humility is chiefly understood chiefly as a restraint on a man's arrogance and boasting. What is Chesterton's argument concerning humility? What example does he give to illustrate a humble view of the world?

2. Chesterton ends Chapter II, The Maniac, with a look at the true skeptic. What picture does this man present? How does he relate to the man at the beginning of the chapter, the man who believed in himself?

3. In Chapter IV, The Ethics of Elfland, what does Chesterton give as the first two principles of democracy? How does he convey a sense of wonder even in these principles?

4. In the example of the explorer who only discovers his own land, Chesterton says that his first emotion might be foolishness. This should not be the sole emotion, though. Why does Chesterton name foolishness as the first emotion and how might this fit the religious explorer?

5. Chesterton explains that a madman's mind moves in a small, perfect circle. What does he mean with this picture? How does it relate to the movements of a sane man's mind?

6. In Chapter I, Introduction in Defense of Everything Else, Chesterton states that he hates the defense of something that cannot be proved or disproved. How is this important for the rest of the book?

7. Chesterton says that a perfect view of the world combines a searching mind with the feeling of being welcomed. What does this mean? How does it relate to Christianity?

8. The only authority for Chesterton's argument is the Apostles' Creed. Is this more or less effective than appealing to the Bible as the sole authority?

9. In Chapter III, The Suicide of Thought, what is Chesterton's opinion of the skeptic? Why does the skeptic not have the right to speak out against anything? Why, contrarily, is he always speaking out against things?

10. Considering the fact that elf land is more rational than the scientific world is, why does Chesterton say that magic flourishes in elf land?

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