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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. What does Chesterton say is important when viewing mankind?
(a) Not comparing him to other animals.
(b) Realizing what a strange animal he is.
(c) Seeing him through the eyes of religion.
(d) Separating him from historical explanations.

2. What tactic does Chesterton recommend that people use to see Christianity more fairly?
(a) Talk to foreigners about Christianity and accept their views.
(b) Pretend it is a foreign pagan religion and give it the same respect.
(c) Temporarily embrace it as a faith to see it from the inside.
(d) Dabble in another religion to have something for comparison.

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

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

5. What does Chesterton describe in the introduction as if being seen for the first time?
(a) A cathedral.
(b) St. Francis slaying the dragon.
(c) The church.
(d) A horse.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What form of humanity does Chesterton claim is the unit of the state, or the cell that makes up the formation?

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the elements Chesterton says are popularly believed to be the root of religion?

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

5. Which of the following best describes Chesterton's view of the theory of evolution?

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