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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. How does Chesterton describe the concept of monotheism?
(a) The Everest of spirituality.
(b) As large and easy to live with as the sky.
(c) The necessary end of all evolving religion.
(d) A terrifying notion for the small minded.

2. What happens when an onlooker tries to envision the church as a member of a throng of superstitions lobbying for believers?
(a) One sees the difference of the church from other religions.
(b) The future of the church becomes uncertain.
(c) One can see clearly the universal truth of all religions.
(d) God becomes non-existent.

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

4. What does Chesterton describe in the introduction as if being seen for the first time?
(a) St. Francis slaying the dragon.
(b) A horse.
(c) A cathedral.
(d) The church.

5. 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 combine reason and religion.
(d) They have seeds of truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chesterton attempt to prove by the universality of clothes?

2. What support does Egypt give to Chesterton's argument?

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

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

5. Which of the following is something Chesterton says future scientists will deduce from 20th Century initials carved in stone?

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