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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IV: The Ethics of Elfland.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mr. Street?
(a) A character in one of Chesterton's tales.
(b) A philosopher who probably opposes Chesterton.
(c) A journalist who first reviewed the book Orthodoxy.
(d) The man most affected by the book.

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

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

4. What is Chesterton's attitude toward fairy tales?
(a) He is surer of fairy tales than of anything else in the world.
(b) He thinks fairy tales are interesting but not useful in reality.
(c) He thinks fairy tales are useful only in the nursery.
(d) He thinks fairy tales are harmful to a child's mind.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does evolution destroy, according to Chesterton?

2. What fact do religious men no longer accept as a foundational belief?

3. In Chapter Two, what drives a man to insanity?

4. What does Chesterton explain as his method for proving his argument?

5. What is Chesterton's amazement at scientific advancement?

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