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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 think seeing mankind correctly will accomplish?
(a) Disprove common anthropological theories.
(b) Restore faith in Christianity.
(c) Lead back to understanding God as creator.
(d) Throw doubt on evolution.

2. What does Chesterton say about epochs of nomadism or matriarchy in history and prehistory?
(a) They were short lived aberrations from the natural family form.
(b) Men were the natural heads of families.
(c) The are indicative of tribal forms of civilization.
(d) None of them worked successfully because they no longer exist.

3. Why does Chesterton claim that some people have difficulty perceiving Christianity correctly?
(a) They are too close to it.
(b) Their personal experiences as Christians get in the way.
(c) All of these.
(d) They cannot separate the religion from history.

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

5. Chesterton claims the holy trinity is an upside version of what?
(a) The family.
(b) Grandfather-Father-Son.
(c) Society.
(d) The three original elements of religion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Chesterton propose to accomplish in the book "The Everlasting Man"?

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

4. If men were like other animals, what does Chesterton argue that we should see?

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

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