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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 III: The Antiquity of Civilisation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chesterton think seeing mankind correctly will accomplish?
(a) Throw doubt on evolution.
(b) Disprove common anthropological theories.
(c) Lead back to understanding God as creator.
(d) Restore faith in Christianity.

2. What importance does Chesterton give to the pace at which things go?
(a) The pace at which things go makes no difference on how we perceive them.
(b) The real question is in why they go at all.
(c) The pace at which things go determines their importance and influence.
(d) A fast pace makes things seem like a miracle.

3. What does Chesterton say is important to note about the Iliad, the story of Troy?
(a) None of these.
(b) It is representative of the artistic sensibilities of the time.
(c) It shows us who the Greeks were.
(d) That its sympathies are with the vanquished not the victor.

4. Which of the following is a point Chesterton makes regarding the government of early man?
(a) Their government was not headed by a leader like the "Old Man."
(b) We know nothing regarding their government.
(c) They had no widely spread form of government.
(d) Their leaders were mystics.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Chesterton give that the experiences of the three initial elements of religion cannot be responsible for the rise of mysticism?

2. What personage from Troy does Chesterton say created an archetype and impacted history?

3. What tactic does Chesterton recommend that people use to see Christianity more fairly?

4. What happens when an onlooker tries to envision the church as a member of a throng of superstitions lobbying for believers?

5. What does Chesterton attempt to prove by the universality of clothes?

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