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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 VI: The Demons and the Philosophers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What personage from Troy does Chesterton say created an archetype and impacted history?
(a) Hector.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Helen.
(d) Achilles.

2. What happens when an onlooker tries to envision the church as a member of a throng of superstitions lobbying for believers?
(a) One can see clearly the universal truth of all religions.
(b) The future of the church becomes uncertain.
(c) One sees the difference of the church from other religions.
(d) God becomes non-existent.

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

4. What parallel does Chesterton draw with the uniqueness of the Christian church?
(a) The uniqueness of fire compared to painted fire.
(b) The uniqueness and variation inherent to fine wine.
(c) The uniqueness of the situation of the Jewish people.
(d) The difference between a fine race horse and a donkey.

5. What support does Egypt give to Chesterton's argument?
(a) Great civilizations arose throughout history.
(b) Evidence that the most powerful leaders are revered as gods.
(c) Barbarism can exist in complicated civilizations.
(d) Evidence that the state grew more despotic as it grew more civilized.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chesterton say of the more advanced non-western cultures?

2. What does Chesterton refer to as a cornerstone of humanity?

3. According to Chesterton, how do civilization and barbarism interact?

4. What difference does Chesterton assert between the antiquity of Egypt and Babylon on one hand and the antiquity of China on the other?

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

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