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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. As the reader can infer from the beginning of Chapter Two, what is Hanwell?
(a) The author's neighborhood.
(b) An insane asylum.
(c) A prestigious church.
(d) A hospital.

2. What is the "false theory of progress?" (Chesterton 2000, pg. 196)
(a) Confusing people with too much data.
(b) Defining man's progress in terms of religion.
(c) Changing the standards rather than becoming better.
(d) Tracking man's progress poorly.

3. What is the evil of the pessimist? (Chesterton 2000, pg. 226)
(a) That "he honestly angers honest men."
(b) That "he will defend the indefensible."
(c) That "he does not love what he chastises."
(d) That "he chastises gods and men."

4. According to Chesterton, why is Bernard Shaw hampered in his thinking?
(a) He tells too many lies.
(b) He is too logical in his arguments.
(c) He is not humorous enough.
(d) He can only tell lies that he believes.

5. What problem, according to Chesterton, is the central issue in the book?
(a) Defending tradition in the face of unnecessary change.
(b) Being simultaneously surprised by and at home in the world.
(c) Showing, through every facet, that the Christian faith is true.
(d) Constantly seeking the new idea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chesterton say happens when a skeptic revolts against everything?

2. In Chapter III, The Suicide of Thought, what is the problem with modern philosophers?

3. In Chapter One, what has Christianity named the mixture of the well-known and the unknown?

4. What conclusion does the complete skeptic eventually reach?

5. How does Chesterton describe a madman's reasoning?

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