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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. In general, what does Chesterton say is a liberal clergyman's attitude toward miracles?
2. What two extremes does Chesterton foresee in man's future?
3. At the beginning of Chapter VIII, the Romance of Orthodoxy, what does Chesterton name as the cause for busyness in modern society?
4. Chesterton chooses miracles as his first example regarding liberal thinking. What does he call this example?
5. What is the enormous mistake of the modern age, according to Chesterton?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why are liberals not free thinkers? What argument is made in Chapter VIII, The Romance of Orthodoxy, about confusion within language?
2. 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?
3. What is the first time that Chesterton felt he had stumbled onto a path that was familiar to some? How did Christianity mirror his own thoughts?
4. Chesterton says that the primary evil with the pessimist is that he does not love what he chastises. How is this true?
5. What nearly persuaded Chesterton to become a Christian? Why was this thought frightening?
6. 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?
7. As Chesterton shows in Chapter VI, The Paradoxes of Christianity, what is Christianity's view of man? How can it hold to this argument?
8. Why, according to Chesterton, do modern thinkers find it advantageous to modernity to change the vision of heaven constantly? What effect does this have on man's mind?
9. What argument does Chesterton make for keeping joy and anger separate? What is the danger in letting them meld together to produce some form of contentment?
10. Why did Chesterton begin to question the attacks on Christianity? What did he find as he questioned?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
If life is to be a fairy tale, there must be a balance between fear and wonder, as Chesterton argues. Why is this balance important? What happens if there is a large amount of one over the other?
Essay Topic 2
Compile the examples Chesterton gives from Bernard Shaw's writings and speeches. What kind of thinker is Shaw? How does he differ from Chesterton? How is he similar?
Essay Topic 3
What are the differences between man and animal? Why does Chesterton assert these differences? How does his conclusion differ from those of the pagan thinkers?
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