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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 VIII: The End of the World.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Chesterton, what was Rome?
(a) The pinnacle of man's ability on earth without God.
(b) Necessary for the arrival of Christ.
(c) A lone beacon in an age of darkness.
(d) The end of paganism.

3. What does Chesterton say started to infect Rome and weaken her moral standing?
(a) Sensuality from Greece.
(b) Laziness.
(c) The worship of demons.
(d) Desire for wealth.

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

5. How does Chesterton summarize the substance of pagan beliefs and mythologies?
(a) Devoid of depth.
(b) An attempt to reach divine reality through the imagination.
(c) Colorful forms of entertainment.
(d) The worshipping of pieces of God.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What two civilizations does Chesterton use for evidence against much of the belief in his time about cave men?

3. What does Chesterton think of the theory that mankind is solely motivated by economic reasons of subsistence?

4. Which of the following best describes Chesterton's view of the theory of evolution?

5. What opinion does Chesterton hold of the concept "realpolitik," or the notion that men fight for material purposes?

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