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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. According to Chesterton, how do civilization and barbarism interact?
(a) None of these.
(b) They return in cycles.
(c) They have always existed side-by-side.
(d) Civilization is a reaction to barbarism.

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

3. What does Chesterton take as evidence that evolution is flawed as a way to define the origins of man?
(a) The missing link.
(b) The fact that mankind is apparently not evolving now.
(c) None of these.
(d) The changing nature of the theories.

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

5. What evidence does Chesterton find in the history of Babylonia?
(a) All of these.
(b) Nomads who do not evolve into a more civilized state.
(c) A society that has no evidence of being nomadic.
(d) Evidence to refute the commonly held notion of barbarism and civilization.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Chesterton claim to be the best judge of Christianity?

2. How does Chesterton classify the natural progression of myth and religion?

3. Who or what does Chesterton credit with the preservation of the true religion of mankind?

4. How does Chesterton interpret the title of the book, "The Evolution of the Idea of God"?

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

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