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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 do St. Francis of Assisi and George Herbert think of Nature?
2. At the beginning of Chapter VI, The Paradoxes of Christianity, what does Chesterton call the most common problem with the world?
3. Why does Chesterton say that miracles are eminently desirable?
4. How does Bernard Shaw speak of miracles?
5. What does Chesterton say is the result of believing that progress is a natural, predictable happening?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. How does Chesterton explain the modern view of miracles? Is this view contradictory?
3. What nearly persuaded Chesterton to become a Christian? Why was this thought frightening?
4. 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?
5. How does Chesterton explain pantheism's relation to wonder? What is the primary difference between pantheism and action?
6. 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?
7. 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?
8. Why did Chesterton begin to question the attacks on Christianity? What did he find as he questioned?
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. 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
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?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Why does God exult in what appears to humans as monotony? Does this lead to a sense of infancy or dullness misunderstood? What is Chesterton's reaction to this perception of God?
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