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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. Which of the following is a statement that Chesterton makes?
(a) The church is justified, not because her children do not sin, but because they do.
(b) The moment we are really impartial about it, we know why people are partial to it.
(c) The next best thing to being really inside Christendom is to be really outside it.
(d) All of these.

2. What does Chesterton propose to accomplish in the book "The Everlasting Man"?
(a) Explain the importance of the religion.
(b) Convert the disbelieving to Christianity.
(c) Show the uniqueness of the Christian church and of man.
(d) Disprove modern anthropological theories of the origins of mankind.

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

4. What does Chesterton say is important when viewing mankind?
(a) Seeing him through the eyes of religion.
(b) Realizing what a strange animal he is.
(c) Separating him from historical explanations.
(d) Not comparing him to other animals.

5. What parallel does Chesterton draw with the uniqueness of the Christian church?
(a) The uniqueness and variation inherent to fine wine.
(b) The uniqueness of fire compared to painted fire.
(c) The difference between a fine race horse and a donkey.
(d) The uniqueness of the situation of the Jewish people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What aspect of the cave-man does Chesterton find greatly important?

2. What does Chesterton propose to do in order to explain the faults of comparative religion?

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

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

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

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