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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: On the Man Called Christ, Chapter V: The Escape from Paganism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the three distinct things that make up one in the Christmas story?
(a) A challenge and a fight.
(b) An omnipresent divinity.
(c) A philosophy larger than other philosophies.
(d) The human instinct for heaven as literal as home.

2. What support does Egypt give to Chesterton's argument?
(a) Evidence that the most powerful leaders are revered as gods.
(b) Barbarism can exist in complicated civilizations.
(c) Great civilizations arose throughout history.
(d) Evidence that the state grew more despotic as it grew more civilized.

3. What aspect of the cave-man does Chesterton find greatly important?
(a) The artistry of cave drawings.
(b) Language.
(c) The emergence of religion.
(d) The huge difference between cave men and apes.

4. What does Chesterton make a point of making clear about the manger where Christ was born?
(a) That it was a link to agrarian roots.
(b) None of these.
(c) That the connection with animals is central.
(d) That it was also a cave.

5. What reason does Chesterton give that the experiences of the three initial elements of religion cannot be responsible for the rise of mysticism?
(a) Religion is much more complex than the mingling of three experiences.
(b) They are also the experiences of animals who have not become mystics.
(c) No cave art depicts these three things.
(d) They do not provide truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chesterton say the cross represents?

2. What happens when an onlooker tries to envision the church as a member of a throng of superstitions lobbying for believers?

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

4. What does Chesterton propose to do in order to explain the faults of comparative religion?

5. According to Chesterton, how does monotheism become polytheistic?

(see the answer key)

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