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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter III: The Suicide of Thought.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the middle of Chapter One, why does Chesterton say this book is a joke on him?
(a) He went looking for something that is already known.
(b) He wrote it so he could win a bet.
(c) He does not take its content seriously.
(d) No one around him agrees with his argument.

2. What, according to Chesterton, is the proper place for humility?
(a) In a man's sense of conviction.
(b) In a man's view of himself.
(c) In a man's sense of ambition and effort.
(d) In a man's perception of others.

3. What does Chesterton say is losing its authority in the modern mind?
(a) Religion.
(b) Argumentation.
(c) First principles.
(d) Scientific absolutes.

4. In a person's pursuit for truth, what might happen, according to Chesterton?
(a) He loses hope that truth exists.
(b) He searches for extraordinary truths.
(c) He loses hope that he, a mortal, can ever find the truth.
(d) He finds great, unsearchable truths.

5. Who is Mr. Blatchford?
(a) A pagan.
(b) A humanitarian.
(c) A martyr.
(d) An early Christian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What conclusion does the complete skeptic eventually reach?

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

3. What choice faces the modern religious philosopher, according to Chesterton?

4. What does Chesterton label as the second problem of modern intellectualism?

5. What does Bernard Shaw assert about the idea of choice?

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