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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 II: Professors and Prehistoric Men.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which one of the following is NOT, according to Chesterton, one of the great mysteries?
(a) The origin of God.
(b) The origin of life.
(c) The origin of mankind.
(d) The origin of the universe.

3. If men were like other animals, what does Chesterton argue that we should see?
(a) Other animals attempting artistic expression.
(b) Other animals rising in consciousness and language.
(c) Religion among beasts.
(d) None of these.

4. Which of the following best describes Chesterton's view of the theory of evolution?
(a) It is irrelevant to and disconnected from his topic.
(b) It is useful to explain the world in conjunction with God.
(c) It is a mistaken scientific fad.
(d) It is blasphemous.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is something Chesterton says future scientists will deduce from 20th Century initials carved in stone?

2. What does Chesterton attempt to prove by the universality of clothes?

3. What commonality does Chesterton give to the three elements from which religion supposedly arose?

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

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

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