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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 tactic does Chesterton recommend that people use to see Christianity more fairly?
(a) Dabble in another religion to have something for comparison.
(b) Temporarily embrace it as a faith to see it from the inside.
(c) Pretend it is a foreign pagan religion and give it the same respect.
(d) Talk to foreigners about Christianity and accept their views.

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

3. Who does Chesterton claim to be the best judge of Christianity?
(a) A Confucian.
(b) An agnostic.
(c) A Christian.
(d) An atheist.

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

5. What does Chesterton say about epochs of nomadism or matriarchy in history and prehistory?
(a) The are indicative of tribal forms of civilization.
(b) Men were the natural heads of families.
(c) They were short lived aberrations from the natural family form.
(d) None of them worked successfully because they no longer exist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a statement that Chesterton makes?

2. If man was once no more than an animal, what does does Chesterton say might be entertained?

3. What two civilizations does Chesterton use for evidence against much of the belief in his time about cave men?

4. What connection does Chesterton make between the boy and the cave-man?

5. What support does Egypt give to Chesterton's argument?

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