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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: On the Creature Called Man, Chapter IV: God and Comparative Religion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chesterton says cave men cannot be compared to what?
(a) Modern artists.
(b) Anthropological projections.
(c) Modern savages.
(d) Other primates.

2. Which of the following is a statement that Chesterton makes?
(a) The next best thing to being really inside Christendom is to be really outside it.
(b) All of these.
(c) The moment we are really impartial about it, we know why people are partial to it.
(d) The church is justified, not because her children do not sin, but because they do.

3. What does Chesterton describe in the introduction as if being seen for the first time?
(a) A horse.
(b) A cathedral.
(c) The church.
(d) St. Francis slaying the dragon.

4. What does Chesterton refer to as a cornerstone of humanity?
(a) Monotheism.
(b) The Old Testament.
(c) Christianity.
(d) The book of Job.

5. How does Chesterton classify the natural progression of myth and religion?
(a) From the godly to the human.
(b) From the simple to the complex.
(c) From the false to the true.
(d) From the pagan to the Christian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What support does Egypt give to Chesterton's argument?

2. Which of the following is a point Chesterton makes regarding the government of early man?

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the elements Chesterton says are popularly believed to be the root of religion?

4. What does Chesterton say about epochs of nomadism or matriarchy in history and prehistory?

5. According to Chesterton, how does monotheism become polytheistic?

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