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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. How does Chesterton describe the concept of monotheism?
(a) A terrifying notion for the small minded.
(b) The necessary end of all evolving religion.
(c) The Everest of spirituality.
(d) As large and easy to live with as the sky.

2. What form of humanity does Chesterton claim is the unit of the state, or the cell that makes up the formation?
(a) Male lineage.
(b) Motherhood.
(c) Tribes.
(d) Family.

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

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

5. Who or what does Chesterton credit with the preservation of the true religion of mankind?
(a) The Jews.
(b) God.
(c) Human nature.
(d) Natural law.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Chesterton claim to be the best judge of Christianity?

2. What does Chesterton think seeing mankind correctly will accomplish?

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

4. To what popular religious practice of his time does Chesterton object?

5. According to Chesterton, how does monotheism become polytheistic?

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