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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 say about the story of Good Friday?
(a) It is a day of demons and paganism.
(b) It is why Rome was created.
(c) The best things in the world are at their worst.
(d) It is too often read symbolically.

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

3. What literary technique does Chesterton admire in the Gospels?
(a) Comparative degrees.
(b) Parallel plots.
(c) A story within a story.
(d) Foreshadowing.

4. What does Chesterton say is the natural result of religion in the home?
(a) Revolt in public life.
(b) Religious strife.
(c) Polytheism.
(d) Temperance.

5. What does Chesterton call the death of Jesus?
(a) Preordained.
(b) Timeless.
(c) The act of greatest consequence.
(d) The objective of his mission.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Chesterton claim as a fundamental fact of all civilizations before Christ?

4. What does Chesterton see in the sophisticated use of language in the Gospels?

5. What does Chesterton call the death of Socrates?

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