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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 V: Man and Mythologies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What evidence does Chesterton find in the history of Babylonia?
(a) Evidence to refute the commonly held notion of barbarism and civilization.
(b) A society that has no evidence of being nomadic.
(c) All of these.
(d) Nomads who do not evolve into a more civilized state.

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

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

4. How does Chesterton say a myth must be appreciated?
(a) In context of the people who created it.
(b) Metaphorically.
(c) With a poetical, childlike attitude.
(d) As hints of a fundamental belief.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to Chesterton, how do mythologies differ from religion?

4. What does Chesterton say is the simplest truth about mankind?

5. What does Chesterton say is missing from the popular depiction of prehistory?

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