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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 does Chesterton say is the simplest truth about mankind?
(a) Mankind is a very strange being.
(b) Mankind is a microcosm of the universe.
(c) Mankind is the only religious being.
(d) Mankind is made in the image of God.

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

3. What does Chesterton say is missing from the popular depiction of prehistory?
(a) Practicality.
(b) The family unit.
(c) Mysticism.
(d) Humor.

4. Who does Chesterton claim to be the best judge of Christianity?
(a) An atheist.
(b) An agnostic.
(c) A Confucian.
(d) A Christian.

5. How does Chesterton classify the natural progression of myth and religion?
(a) From the false to the true.
(b) From the simple to the complex.
(c) From the pagan to the Christian.
(d) From the godly to the human.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chesterton claims the holy trinity is an upside version of what?

2. How does Chesterton wish to view and discuss the earth?

3. What does Chesterton think physical anthropologists do to excess?

4. What does Chesterton compare to the variation found in cheeses or wine?

5. What difference does Chesterton assert between the antiquity of Egypt and Babylon on one hand and the antiquity of China on the other?

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