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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 compare to the variation found in cheeses or wine?
(a) The theories of scientists to explain the same phenomenon.
(b) The way mankind worships the one true God.
(c) The variations within the Church of Christ.
(d) The forms of paganism.

2. Which of the following best describes Chesterton's view of the theory of evolution?
(a) It is blasphemous.
(b) It is useful to explain the world in conjunction with God.
(c) It is irrelevant to and disconnected from his topic.
(d) It is a mistaken scientific fad.

3. 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) Look at the church from the inside.
(d) Analyze the origins of each religion.

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

5. What form of humanity does Chesterton claim is the unit of the state, or the cell that makes up the formation?
(a) Male lineage.
(b) Family.
(c) Tribes.
(d) Motherhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chesterton say a myth must be appreciated?

2. Which of the following is a statement that Chesterton makes?

3. What does Chesterton refer to as a cornerstone of humanity?

4. What personage from Troy does Chesterton say created an archetype and impacted history?

5. Which one of the following is NOT, according to Chesterton, one of the great mysteries?

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