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

2. Chesterton claims the holy trinity is an upside version of what?
(a) Grandfather-Father-Son.
(b) Society.
(c) The three original elements of religion.
(d) The family.

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

4. What does the intellectual distinction that Chesterton sees in Christ suggest to him?
(a) Probable distaste for vulgar claims of divinity.
(b) A mastermind.
(c) Education.
(d) Control of the situation.

5. What form of humanity does Chesterton claim is the unit of the state, or the cell that makes up the formation?
(a) Tribes.
(b) Male lineage.
(c) Motherhood.
(d) Family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Despite the level of sincerity a myth might be understood, what does Chesterton say is still present?

2. According to Chesterton, what social point does divinity being born as an outcast make?

3. What does Chesterton make a point of making clear about the manger where Christ was born?

4. Which of the following best describes Chesterton's view of the theory of evolution?

5. What evidence does Chesterton present to support his claim that Christ was many sided?

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