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

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

3. How does Chesterton wish to view and discuss the earth?
(a) From a scientific viewpoint.
(b) As the most important planet.
(c) In a familiar fashion.
(d) From an astronomical standpoint.

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

5. What does Chesterton say is the main fault with comparing religions?
(a) False classification masks the uniqueness of the church.
(b) Confucianism is not a religion.
(c) They do not resemble each other.
(d) All of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what description of the life of the cave-man does Chesterton especially object?

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

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

4. Which of the following is a statement Chesterton makes about paganism?

5. What two civilizations does Chesterton use for evidence against much of the belief in his time about cave men?

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