This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: On the Creature Called Man, Chapter III: The Antiquity of Civilisation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What importance does Chesterton give to the pace at which things go?
(a) The pace at which things go makes no difference on how we perceive them.
(b) The pace at which things go determines their importance and influence.
(c) A fast pace makes things seem like a miracle.
(d) The real question is in why they go at all.

2. What does Chesterton claim as a fundamental fact of all civilizations before Christ?
(a) The insignificance of the individual before the state.
(b) The monopoly of religion to those with power.
(c) The fear of mystical leaders.
(d) The ineffectiveness of mystic rule.

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

4. Which of the following is something Chesterton says future scientists will deduce from 20th Century initials carved in stone?
(a) The 20th Century had no cursive or small letters.
(b) All of these.
(c) The 20th Century had no religion.
(d) The 20th Century did not practice the art of sculpture.

5. Chesterton says cave men cannot be compared to what?
(a) Other primates.
(b) Modern artists.
(c) Modern savages.
(d) Anthropological projections.