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 place does Chesterton say was the center of antiquity?
(a) Mecca.
(b) Egypt.
(c) The Mediterranean.
(d) Babylon.

2. How does Chesterton interpret the title of the book, "The Evolution of the Idea of God"?
(a) How mankind has lost their way.
(b) I will show you how this nonsensical notion that there is a God grew up among men.
(c) How God changes to suit the needs of every time and place.
(d) The growth of understanding morality.

3. What tactic does Chesterton recommend that people use to see Christianity more fairly?
(a) Dabble in another religion to have something for comparison.
(b) Talk to foreigners about Christianity and accept their views.
(c) Temporarily embrace it as a faith to see it from the inside.
(d) Pretend it is a foreign pagan religion and give it the same respect.

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

5. What personage from Troy does Chesterton say created an archetype and impacted history?
(a) Helen.
(b) Hector.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Agamemnon.