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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 III: The Strangest Story in the World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chesterton call the death of Socrates?
(a) Symbolic of the time.
(b) An interruption in his teaching.
(c) Inconsequential.
(d) Unavoidable.

2. What does Chesterton claim as a fundamental fact of all civilizations before Christ?
(a) The fear of mystical leaders.
(b) The ineffectiveness of mystic rule.
(c) The insignificance of the individual before the state.
(d) The monopoly of religion to those with power.

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

4. What does Chesterton say is important to note about the Iliad, the story of Troy?
(a) It shows us who the Greeks were.
(b) That its sympathies are with the vanquished not the victor.
(c) None of these.
(d) It is representative of the artistic sensibilities of the time.

5. According to Chesterton, how do civilization and barbarism interact?
(a) They return in cycles.
(b) They have always existed side-by-side.
(c) None of these.
(d) Civilization is a reaction to barbarism.

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. Among whom does Chesterton assert that claims of divinity are common?

3. What does Chesterton say of the Roman polytheism before the time of Christ?

4. In Part I, Chapter VII, what new thing does Chesterton say we need?

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

(see the answer key)

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