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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: On the Man Called Christ, Chapter III: The Strangest Story in the World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part I, Chapter VII, what new thing does Chesterton say we need?
(a) Standards for world creeds.
(b) A psychological history.
(c) A certification program for religions.
(d) Imagination in our world view.

2. What does Chesterton say is most present in the mind of man?
(a) Reproduction.
(b) His existence itself.
(c) Fear.
(d) Survival.

3. What two civilizations does Chesterton use for evidence against much of the belief in his time about cave men?
(a) Egypt and Babylon.
(b) Egypt and Mazatlan.
(c) Rome and Greece.
(d) Egypt and Rome.

4. What does Chesterton say about the story of Good Friday?
(a) It is a day of demons and paganism.
(b) It is why Rome was created.
(c) It is too often read symbolically.
(d) The best things in the world are at their worst.

5. How does Chesterton characterize the approach of Hannibal to Rome?
(a) Like a dark supernatural power.
(b) Like a hot knife slicing through the resistance.
(c) Riding on the glory of the gods.
(d) Like the reckoning for unholiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Chesterton say men fight?

2. What does Chesterton imply made the difference in the battle of Carthage and Rome?

3. What does Chesterton say is missing from the popular depiction of prehistory?

4. What does Chesterton determine is unique about Christ in comparison with the founders of the other major religions?

5. What does Chesterton see in the sophisticated use of language in the Gospels?

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