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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter V: The Flag of the World.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. "[T]he happiness depended on not doing something which you could at any moment do and which, very often, it was not obvious why you should not do." (Chesterton 2000, pg 215) What is Chesterton's opinion of this condition for happiness?
(a) He thinks it depends on the fairy tale.
(b) He thinks it is immaterial.
(c) He thinks it is unjust.
(d) He thinks it is just.
2. Chesterton boils democracy down to one ideal. What is this?
(a) Man's ability to rule himself extends only to the limit that he does not violate cultural mores.
(b) Individual beliefs take precedence over societal concerns.
(c) Only a man can rule himself.
(d) The most important things must be done by individuals.
3. Chesterton says that this common ground is mostly found among what group of readers?
(a) Readers from Eastern culture.
(b) Readers from Western culture.
(c) Well-educated readers.
(d) People who have read a large amount of Christian apologetics.
4. What fact do religious men no longer accept as a foundational belief?
(a) Righteous wrath.
(b) Mercy.
(c) Forgiveness.
(d) Sin.
5. Who is Mr. Blatchford?
(a) A humanitarian.
(b) An early Christian.
(c) A martyr.
(d) A pagan.
Short Answer Questions
1. What document does Chesterton refer to by the word "orthodoxy"?
2. What does Chesterton explain as his method for proving his argument?
3. How does Chesterton describe a madman's reasoning?
4. Who does Chesterton name as believers in the Inner Light?
5. According to Chesterton, at the beginning of Chapter Two, what happens to the men who believe in themselves?
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