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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. How does today's skeptic compare to the skeptic of the French Revolution, according to Chesterton?
2. Who is Mr. Street?
3. What is the problem with taking change as the ideal in a man's life, according to Chesterton?
4. What does Chesterton label as the second problem of modern intellectualism?
5. Why does Chesterton call the cross "the symbol at once of mystery and of health?" (Chesterton 2000, pg. 188).
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Chesterton explain the idea of the madman in life, in experience? How does this person live in the world?
2. Considering the fact that elf land is more rational than the scientific world is, why does Chesterton say that magic flourishes in elf land?
3. Why does Chesterton's second notion of fairyland entail praise?
4. 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?
5. Poetry is the only thing that keeps a man sane, while reason drives him insane. How does Chesterton support this argument, and is it plausible?
6. 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?
7. 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?
8. 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?
9. What is "the false theory of progress" (Chesterton 2000, pg 196)? What implications does it have for daily life?
10. Materialistic fatalism has been credited with being merciful, though Chesterton says this is far from the truth. Why can fatalism not be merciful?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does Chesterton say that progress must have a fixed goal? What happens if the goal changes? How is this question related to the ideas of reform versus evolution?
Essay Topic 2
What is Chesterton's opinion about suicide contrasted to murder? Does he make a valid argument? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
What is the mindset of the madman? How does it differ from a sane man and how is it similar to a materialist? What is Chesterton's answer to this mindset? Does this answer take into account all aspects of the mindset?
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