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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. Why does Chesterton say that satire is disappearing from modern literature?
(a) There is nothing to be fierce about.
(b) Writers are not taught to appreciate satire.
(c) Modern satire takes different forms than literature.
(d) Satire is too violent for the modern mind.

2. What does evolution destroy, according to Chesterton?
(a) Science.
(b) Reason.
(c) Religion.
(d) Modern intelligence.

3. What does Chesterton name as the chief pleasure?
(a) Security.
(b) Surprise.
(c) Money.
(d) Love.

4. What does Chesterton call the worst religion of all?
(a) The religion that worships the god inside.
(b) The religion that worships multiple gods.
(c) The religion that debases a man.
(d) The religion of the Christian God.

5. In Chapter Two, what drives a man to insanity?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Unanswered questions.
(c) Religion.
(d) Reason.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chesterton define as the problem with pessimists?

2. "[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?

3. What, according to Chesterton, is the proper place for humility?

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

5. What is the title of Chapter I?

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