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

2. What does Chesterton propose to accomplish in the book "The Everlasting Man"?
(a) Disprove modern anthropological theories of the origins of mankind.
(b) Show the uniqueness of the Christian church and of man.
(c) Convert the disbelieving to Christianity.
(d) Explain the importance of the religion.

3. What does Chesterton say is the real rival to the the Church of Christ?
(a) Paganism.
(b) Familiarity.
(c) Science.
(d) Professors.

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

5. What parallel does Chesterton draw with the uniqueness of the Christian church?
(a) The uniqueness of the situation of the Jewish people.
(b) The uniqueness of fire compared to painted fire.
(c) The difference between a fine race horse and a donkey.
(d) The uniqueness and variation inherent to fine wine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who or what does Chesterton credit with the preservation of the true religion of mankind?

2. What does Chesterton claim the evidence proves about cave men?

3. What does Chesterton take as evidence that evolution is flawed as a way to define the origins of man?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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