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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. To what description of the life of the cave-man does Chesterton especially object?
(a) Their pagan worship.
(b) Their proximity to apes.
(c) The suggested violence of men to women.
(d) All of these.

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

3. According to Chesterton, why are pagan religions so successful and enduring?
(a) Mankind finds it natural and empowering to worship something.
(b) They are the only way available to glimpse god.
(c) They have seeds of truth.
(d) They combine reason and religion.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a statement Chesterton makes about paganism?

2. How does Chesterton wish to view and discuss the earth?

3. What statement is intuitively understood, according to Chesterton, regarding the cave paintings?

4. According to Chesterton, how do civilization and barbarism interact?

5. What connection does Chesterton make between the boy and the cave-man?

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