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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IX: Authority and the Adventurer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Chesterton's stated goal for Chapter VIII, The Romance of Orthodoxy?
(a) To point out the paradoxes of Christianity.
(b) To introduce the idea of Christian romance.
(c) To question the sentimental value of Christianity.
(d) To point out that liberal thinking is actually illiberal.

2. What does Chesterton say is the result of believing that progress is a natural, predictable happening?
(a) A person ceases to believe in progress.
(b) A person becomes lazy.
(c) A person looks for ethical support.
(d) A person works harder to achieve this.

3. In the Christian's view, why does a man's soul provide enough outlet for both the optimist and the pessimist?
(a) He has hope for a heavenly future but fear for an earthly one.
(b) Both passions are allowed free reign.
(c) He is exalted as God's creation and humbled as a sinner.
(d) He now has reason to claim brotherhood with Christ.

4. Chesterton chooses miracles as his first example regarding liberal thinking. What does he call this example?
(a) The easiest place to start.
(b) The most obvious choice.
(c) The easiest point to prove.
(d) The worst problem facing liberals.

5. In Chesterton's argument, why can the orthodox man believe in revolution?
(a) Revolution coincides with orthodoxy.
(b) Orthodoxy manifests itself as revolution.
(c) It's a trick question - he cannot.
(d) Revolution means restoration.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the end of Chapter VI, The Paradoxes of Christianity, what conclusion does Chesterton reach about orthodoxy?

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

4. What definition does Chesterton find BEST for optimist and pessimist?

5. What does Chesterton say that moralists, including H. G. Wells, have turned into wickedness?

(see the answer key)

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