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

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 fear of mystical leaders.
(c) The monopoly of religion to those with power.
(d) The ineffectiveness of mystic rule.

3. Which of the following is a point Chesterton makes regarding the government of early man?
(a) We know nothing regarding their government.
(b) Their leaders were mystics.
(c) They had no widely spread form of government.
(d) Their government was not headed by a leader like the "Old Man."

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

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