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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. If man was once no more than an animal, what does does Chesterton say might be entertained?
(a) That he might return to be one again.
(b) The intervention of God.
(c) Animals doing things in the providence of man.
(d) None of these.

2. What connection does Chesterton make between the boy and the cave-man?
(a) They share the same innocent interpretation of life.
(b) They transcend their heritage.
(c) They have the same primal urges.
(d) They both draw animals for the same reasons.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Chesterton give that the experiences of the three initial elements of religion cannot be responsible for the rise of mysticism?

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

3. Which of the following is a point Chesterton makes regarding the government of early man?

4. What statement is intuitively understood, according to Chesterton, regarding the cave paintings?

5. What aspect of the cave-man does Chesterton find greatly important?

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