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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 is the simplest truth about mankind?
(a) Mankind is a very strange being.
(b) Mankind is a microcosm of the universe.
(c) Mankind is the only religious being.
(d) Mankind is made in the image of God.

2. 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) Analyze the origins of each religion.
(c) Look at the church from the inside.
(d) Look at Christianity as if it were a foreign religion.

3. Which one of the following is NOT, according to Chesterton, one of the great mysteries?
(a) The origin of the universe.
(b) The origin of God.
(c) The origin of life.
(d) The origin of mankind.

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

5. What does Chesterton say is the main fault with comparing religions?
(a) All of these.
(b) Confucianism is not a religion.
(c) False classification masks the uniqueness of the church.
(d) They do not resemble each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. What commonality does Chesterton give to the three elements from which religion supposedly arose?

2. What does Chesterton say has been done too much to mythologies of the world?

3. According to Chesterton, how does monotheism become polytheistic?

4. Who or what does Chesterton credit with the preservation of the true religion of mankind?

5. What happens when an onlooker tries to envision the church as a member of a throng of superstitions lobbying for believers?

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