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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. What does Chesterton determine is unique about Christ in comparison with the founders of the other major religions?
(a) His ability to heal.
(b) His claim to divinity.
(c) The enduring quality of his teachings.
(d) His missing childhood.

2. What does Chesterton say is one of the fundamental differences in growing up Christian?
(a) The closeness to an all powerful being.
(b) The psychological difference caused by being raised on contrasting ideas.
(c) The exclusion of all other theologies.
(d) The constant insistence of beliefs.

3. Which of the following statements does Chesterton say about early Christians?
(a) All of these.
(b) They declared war with the world.
(c) They knew the future for which they were fighting.
(d) Their meekness was an effective tactic.

4. 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) Animals doing things in the providence of man.
(c) None of these.
(d) The intervention of God.

5. Which of the following is NOT a statement Chesterton makes?
(a) Christianity does appeal to a solid truth outside itself.
(b) Common sense perishes except where there is Christianity to preserve it.
(c) Religion is really not a pattern but a picture.
(d) One must release rationality to fully embrace religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chesterton say is the relationship between reason and religion?

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

3. What does Chesterton say is the real rival to the the Church of Christ?

4. What does Chesterton say is the natural result of religion in the home?

5. What place does Chesterton say was the center of antiquity?

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