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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 opinion does Chesterton hold of the concept "realpolitik," or the notion that men fight for material purposes?
(a) It is an almost insanely unreal concept.
(b) None of these.
(c) It is a simplistic rendering of a complex problem.
(d) It is true unless the men have religion.

2. Among whom does Chesterton assert that claims of divinity are common?
(a) Sages and prophets.
(b) Mystics.
(c) Founders of religion.
(d) Lunatics.

3. What does Chesterton see in the sophisticated use of language in the Gospels?
(a) That Christ had formal schooling.
(b) A subtle and superior mind.
(c) The wisdom of those who assembled the Gospels.
(d) Careful planning of the Gospels.

4. How does Chesterton characterize the approach of Hannibal to Rome?
(a) Like a hot knife slicing through the resistance.
(b) Riding on the glory of the gods.
(c) Like a dark supernatural power.
(d) Like the reckoning for unholiness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chesterton determine is unique about Christ in comparison with the founders of the other major religions?

2. What abyss in the unity of the absolute does Chesterton reference?

3. According to Chesterton, how do civilization and barbarism interact?

4. What does Chesterton say is most present in the mind of man?

5. Chesterton says cave men cannot be compared to what?

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