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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. Why, in the abstract, does Chesterton disapprove of long, complicated words?
2. Why does Chesterton call courage a contradiction?
3. What is the evil of the pessimist? (Chesterton 2000, pg. 226)
4. Why does Chesterton say that a man is bewildered when asked to summarize his belief in something?
5. What is Chesterton's stated goal for Chapter VIII, The Romance of Orthodoxy?
Short Essay Questions
1. As Chesterton argues, why does love seek individuality and personality? Is this true only in relation to man or also in relation to God?
2. Chapter V, The Flag of the World, begins with a young girl's idea that "An optimist is a man who looks after your eyes, and a pessimist is a man who looks after your feet" (Chesterton 2000, pg 223). How does Chesterton explain this?
3. 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?
4. 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?
5. The Church holds to some strict doctrines regarding man and his actions. Why is she so strict? Is it possible for her to swerve in her beliefs?
6. 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?
7. 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?
8. Why are liberals not free thinkers? What argument is made in Chapter VIII, The Romance of Orthodoxy, about confusion within language?
9. What does Chesterton say is the most sensible ideal for nature? Is this a valid ideal? Why or why not?
10. If Nature does improve man through impersonal means, as Chesterton claims, what must happen? What is happening in reality?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
What is Chesterton's opinion about suicide contrasted to murder? Does he make a valid argument? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Christianity is orderly so that good things can run wild. As Chesterton asserts, is this true? If so, how is it true? Give examples from the text to support your argument.
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