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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VII: The Eternal Revolution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chesterton assert as a necessity for the human mind?
(a) Belief in the Christian God.
(b) Belief in the power of progress.
(c) Some type of religious grounding.
(d) Belief in objective truth.

2. What does Chesterton call "the spike of dogma" that changed his religious opinion? (Chesterton 2000, pg. 234)
(a) God can be found in the nature that he made.
(b) God is all-powerful and created the world.
(c) God is personal and made a world separate from himself.
(d) God is loving and created the world in his image.

3. What is Chesterton's first criterion for progress?
(a) It must be accessible to everyone.
(b) It must mesh with tradition.
(c) It must be attainable.
(d) It must be unchanging.

4. In Chapter III, The Suicide of Thought, what is the problem with modern philosophers?
(a) They cannot find the answer.
(b) They have no hope of finding the answer.
(c) They cannot see the riddle.
(d) They are intellectually lazy.

5. What is Chesterton's second criterion for progress?
(a) A variety of racial backgrounds.
(b) A devotion to Christianity.
(c) A collection of cultures.
(d) A composite of happiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chesterton, how did men gain morality?

2. What does Chesterton say is losing its authority in the modern mind?

3. In Chesterton's image, how did he feel once his religious opinion changed? (Chesterton 2000, pg. 235)

4. Chesterton opens Chapter VII, The Eternal Revolution, with how many points of summary?

5. What definition does Chesterton find BEST for optimist and pessimist?

(see the answer key)

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