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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What happened as Chesterton put the final touches onto the heresy he had created?
2. Who is Mr. Street?
3. In the same story of the sailor, what is better than discovering a new land?
4. How does Chesterton feel about the book Orthodoxy once it is completed?
5. What is the "false theory of progress?" (Chesterton 2000, pg. 196)
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Chesterton claim that fairyland is more rational than the scientific world? Does the sense of wonder remain?
2. According to Chesterton, the complete skeptic knows that he cannot think anything. How does this differ from the young skeptic? How does the complete skeptic show a true awareness of where he is?
3. 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?
4. What role does Mr. G. S. Street play in the book?
5. Chesterton assumes that he and his reader will share the common ground of agreeing that an interesting, active life is preferable to simple existence. Is this a fair starting point? Why or why not?
6. Materialism is a much narrower belief than Christianity, in fact, more than any religion. What reasons does Chesterton give for this? How does it relate to the discussion of madness and sanity?
7. As he begins to talk about fairy land, what does Chesterton argue about rationalism? How does this open the door to excitement in the world?
8. Chapter II, The Maniac, begins with the idea that man believing in himself is a weakness. Chesterton asserts this in the face of modern thinking, which says believing in oneself is the strongest way to live. What reasons does Chesterton give for asserting this statement?
9. What does a pragmatist believe and how does he compare to a determinist? What is Chesterton's opinion of pragmatism? How is pragmatism fundamentally separated from the truth?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Chesterton wants only a Utopia that allows him to restrict himself, to bind his own liberties. What does he mean by this? What are the advantages and disadvantages? What is your idea of Utopia, and does it coincide at any point with Chesterton's idea?
Essay Topic 2
Why is solemnity more natural to man than laughter is? How is this related to Chesterton's claim that man is fundamentally joyful?
Essay Topic 3
Why is the worship of the god within the worst religion, according to Chesterton? How does a worshiper of the god within regard the rest of the world? What is the endpoint of this religion?
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