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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. What does Chesterton see as the purpose of the boundaries established by Christianity?
(a) To establish the power of the church.
(b) To let good things run wild.
(c) To expel unhappy and fierce things.
(d) To deny earthly happiness to believers.

2. Chesterton notes a startling difference between Christian and Buddhist art. What is this difference?
(a) Whether the people are predominantly young or old.
(b) Whether the colors are bright or dim.
(c) Whether the scene is set indoors or outdoors.
(d) Whether the people's eyes are open or shut.

3. Who does Chesterton name as believers in the Inner Light?
(a) The idealists and pantheists.
(b) The people who hated Marcus Aurelius.
(c) The early Christians.
(d) The last Stoics and the Quakers.

4. How do St. Francis of Assisi and George Herbert think of Nature?
(a) As a mother.
(b) As a step-mother.
(c) As a laughing little sister.
(d) As a goddess.

5. What is Chesterton's first criterion for progress?
(a) It must be accessible to everyone.
(b) It must be unchanging.
(c) It must mesh with tradition.
(d) It must be attainable.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter VI, The Paradoxes of Christianity, what does Chesterton call the most common problem with the world?

2. What is Chesterton's stated purpose in Chapter VI, the Paradoxes of Christianity

3. Chesterton names four standards by which people try to establish the ideals of equality and inequality. What is his opinion of the fourth standard?

4. What is Pimlico?

5. In the Christian's view, why does a man's soul provide enough outlet for both the optimist and the pessimist?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Chesterton detest the religion of the Inner Light, of looking within oneself for God? What relation does this abhorrence have to Christianity?

2. As Chesterton argues, why does love seek individuality and personality? Is this true only in relation to man or also in relation to God?

3. As Chesterton shows in Chapter VI, The Paradoxes of Christianity, what is Christianity's view of man? How can it hold to this argument?

4. What nearly persuaded Chesterton to become a Christian? Why was this thought frightening?

5. How do Eastern and Western religions differ in their understanding of seclusion in worship, according to Chesterton? How does this affect their sense of community?

6. What does Chesterton say is the most sensible ideal for nature? Is this a valid ideal? Why or why not?

7. How does Chesterton explain pantheism's relation to wonder? What is the primary difference between pantheism and action?

8. Near the beginning of Chapter VII, The Eternal Revolution, Chesterton makes an argument concerning superiority. What is this argument? Does he satisfy the question fully?

9. What is the common view of Christianity and Buddhism, according to Chesterton? How are they similar and dissimilar? What is Chesterton's opinion of their differences?

10. Why is it better to be a progressive, according to Chesterton's understanding of the term? Why should man rebel against the new rather than against the old?

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