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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 V: Man and Mythologies.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What difference does Chesterton assert between the antiquity of Egypt and Babylon on one hand and the antiquity of China on the other?
(a) Egypt and Babylon are linked to biblical places.
(b) Egypt and Babylon are both fallen cultures.
(c) Egypt and Babylon are part of his cultural tradition.
(d) The refinement of the Chinese culture sets it apart from the others.

3. Which of the following does Chesterton say of myths?
(a) All of these.
(b) They meet some of the needs of a religion.
(c) They are not a religion.
(d) They do not provide mankind with a creed.

4. What does Chesterton propose to do in order to explain the faults of comparative religion?
(a) Reclassify the major religions of the world by different standards.
(b) Look at Christianity as if it were a foreign religion.
(c) Analyze the origins of each religion.
(d) Look at the church from the inside.

5. 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 religion.
(b) The 20th Century had no cursive or small letters.
(c) The 20th Century did not practice the art of sculpture.
(d) All of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Chesterton claim that some people have difficulty perceiving Christianity correctly?

2. What does Chesterton compare to the variation found in cheeses or wine?

3. What does Chesterton think seeing mankind correctly will accomplish?

4. According to Chesterton, why are pagan religions so successful and enduring?

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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