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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 people, in their interactions with women, does Chesterton call stupid?
2. In Chesterton's argument, why can the orthodox man believe in revolution?
3. Why does Chesterton say that miracles are eminently desirable?
4. In determining his criteria for progress, what does Chesterton discover?
5. Why, according to Christianity, can passions be free?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the pagan and Christian view of virtue? What is Chesterton's view of them?
2. 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?
3. Chesterton says that the primary evil with the pessimist is that he does not love what he chastises. How is this true?
4. Why are liberals not free thinkers? What argument is made in Chapter VIII, The Romance of Orthodoxy, about confusion within language?
5. How does Chesterton explain pantheism's relation to wonder? What is the primary difference between pantheism and action?
6. As Chesterton argues, why does love seek individuality and personality? Is this true only in relation to man or also in relation to God?
7. 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?
8. 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?
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. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Chesterton says that people desire both the familiar and the unfamiliar. Is this true? How might they relate? Does one drive the other? Support your thesis with his arguments concerning this desire.
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