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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 IV: God and Comparative Religion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is something Chesterton says future scientists will deduce from 20th Century initials carved in stone?
(a) The 20th Century had no religion.
(b) The 20th Century did not practice the art of sculpture.
(c) The 20th Century had no cursive or small letters.
(d) All of these.

2. What support does Egypt give to Chesterton's argument?
(a) Great civilizations arose throughout history.
(b) Evidence that the most powerful leaders are revered as gods.
(c) Evidence that the state grew more despotic as it grew more civilized.
(d) Barbarism can exist in complicated civilizations.

3. What evidence does Chesterton find in the history of Babylonia?
(a) A society that has no evidence of being nomadic.
(b) Evidence to refute the commonly held notion of barbarism and civilization.
(c) All of these.
(d) Nomads who do not evolve into a more civilized state.

4. What does Chesterton attempt to prove by the universality of clothes?
(a) Virtue in cave men.
(b) The concept of original sin.
(c) How ill designed mankind is to survive like a beast.
(d) The need for decoration and artistic expression.

5. What difference does Chesterton assert between the antiquity of Egypt and Babylon on one hand and the antiquity of China on the other?
(a) Egypt and Babylon are linked to biblical places.
(b) Egypt and Babylon are part of his cultural tradition.
(c) The refinement of the Chinese culture sets it apart from the others.
(d) Egypt and Babylon are both fallen cultures.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Chesterton claim that some people have difficulty perceiving Christianity correctly?

3. What happens when an onlooker tries to envision the church as a member of a throng of superstitions lobbying for believers?

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

5. How does Chesterton classify the natural progression of myth and religion?

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