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 reason does Chesterton give that the experiences of the three initial elements of religion cannot be responsible for the rise of mysticism?
(a) They do not provide truth.
(b) Religion is much more complex than the mingling of three experiences.
(c) They are also the experiences of animals who have not become mystics.
(d) No cave art depicts these three things.

2. In Part I, Chapter 1, which of the following does Chesterton recommend doing?
(a) Maintaining a universal perspective.
(b) Rejecting science.
(c) Turning to religion for answers.
(d) Accepting mankind without explaining it.

3. What does Chesterton take as evidence that evolution is flawed as a way to define the origins of man?
(a) The missing link.
(b) The changing nature of the theories.
(c) None of these.
(d) The fact that mankind is apparently not evolving now.

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

5. What statement is intuitively understood, according to Chesterton, regarding the cave paintings?
(a) Cave men were child-like.
(b) Art is the signature of man.
(c) Cave men were closer to the beasts around them.
(d) All of these.