This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: On the Creature Called Man, Chapter II: Professors and Prehistoric Men.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chesterton propose to accomplish in the book "The Everlasting Man"?
(a) Disprove modern anthropological theories of the origins of mankind.
(b) Explain the importance of the religion.
(c) Convert the disbelieving to Christianity.
(d) Show the uniqueness of the Christian church and of man.

2. What reason does Chesterton give that the experiences of the three initial elements of religion cannot be responsible for the rise of mysticism?
(a) They are also the experiences of animals who have not become mystics.
(b) No cave art depicts these three things.
(c) Religion is much more complex than the mingling of three experiences.
(d) They do not provide truth.

3. In Part I, Chapter 1, which of the following does Chesterton recommend doing?
(a) Maintaining a universal perspective.
(b) Accepting mankind without explaining it.
(c) Rejecting science.
(d) Turning to religion for answers.

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 next best thing to being really inside Christendom is to be really outside it.
(c) All of these.
(d) The moment we are really impartial about it, we know why people are partial to it.

5. What aspect of the cave-man does Chesterton find greatly important?
(a) The emergence of religion.
(b) The huge difference between cave men and apes.
(c) Language.
(d) The artistry of cave drawings.