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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chesterton say is the affect of the paradox of Christianity?
(a) It teaches faith.
(b) It has altered human nature.
(c) It gives mankind divine responsibility.
(d) None of these.

2. When morality and faith in the gods was crumbling in Rome, what else does Chesterton say was crumbling?
(a) Curiosity.
(b) Desire for violence.
(c) The hope for mankind.
(d) Intellectuality and philosophy.

3. What does Chesterton say God provided in the story of Jesus Christ?
(a) The ultimate story.
(b) Guilt of sin.
(c) Martyrdom.
(d) A model for redemption.

4. What format does Chesterton present his closing statements in?
(a) A bulleted list.
(b) A statement with supporting details.
(c) A short story.
(d) Question and answers.

5. In Part II, Chapter VI, what state does Chesterton say the church is currently in?
(a) Steadfast and consistent.
(b) In another great decline, but about to rebound.
(c) Growing weaker with each passing generation.
(d) Flourishing unhindered.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a statement Chesterton makes about early Christianity?

2. To what does Chesterton compare early Christianity?

3. How is the creed of Jesus like a key, according to Chesterton?

4. Which of the following is a way in which Chesterton describes faith?

5. What does Chesterton say is one of the fundamental differences in growing up Christian?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how the Christian creed is like a key, according to Chesterton.

2. What important role does Herod play in the Christmas story as Chesterton sees it?

3. Explain how Chesterton comes to the conclusion that Christ was an intellectually apt and astute man?

4. Explain Chesterton's statement, "I do not believe that mythology must begin with eroticism. But I do believe that mythology must end in it." To what was he referring?

5. Chesterton discusses the popular notion that early Christianity rose in a barbarous time and place. Explain Chesterton's views on this matter.

6. What importance does Chesterton assign to the "Merry Peasant"?

7. Describe the Europe that Chesterton says would exist if the world still lived in paganism.

8. Explain Chesterton's view on the role of the mother in the Christmas story.

9. What was the religious state of Rome when Christ appeared?

10. How does Chesterton prove that you can determine the beliefs of the church by what it rejected?

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