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

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

3. 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) The 20th Century did not practice the art of sculpture.
(c) The 20th Century had no religion.
(d) All of these.

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

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