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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: On the Man Called Christ, Chapter IV: The Witness of the Heretics.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What example does Chesterton give about how the church must be viewed?
(a) With the detached impartiality of a martian.
(b) With the wonder of somebody seeing it for the first time.
(c) From the daily experiences within it.
(d) With the eyes of an anthropologist.

2. What connection does Chesterton make between the boy and the cave-man?
(a) They share the same innocent interpretation of life.
(b) They have the same primal urges.
(c) They transcend their heritage.
(d) They both draw animals for the same reasons.

3. What does Chesterton say about the idea of reincarnation?
(a) All of these.
(b) It is not transcendental therefore not religious.
(c) It is a worldly way of trying to explain the unworldly.
(d) It takes away the need or desire for religion.

4. What does Chesterton say is the main fault with comparing religions?
(a) They do not resemble each other.
(b) All of these.
(c) Confucianism is not a religion.
(d) False classification masks the uniqueness of the church.

5. What does Chesterton call the death of Jesus?
(a) Preordained.
(b) Timeless.
(c) The act of greatest consequence.
(d) The objective of his mission.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chesterton say is a danger when analyzing mythologies?

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

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

4. According to Chesterton, how was the purity of the Church preserved?

5. What does Chesterton label as the biggest weakness of science in trying to understand the origins of man?

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