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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. In Part I, Chapter 1, which of the following does Chesterton recommend doing?
(a) Accepting mankind without explaining it.
(b) Maintaining a universal perspective.
(c) Rejecting science.
(d) Turning to religion for answers.

2. What does Chesterton say is the relationship between reason and religion?
(a) They are separate, except in Christendom.
(b) They are two sides of our world view.
(c) They work together to create a whole.
(d) They appease each other.

3. What evidence does Chesterton find in the history of Babylonia?
(a) Nomads who do not evolve into a more civilized state.
(b) Evidence to refute the commonly held notion of barbarism and civilization.
(c) A society that has no evidence of being nomadic.
(d) All of these.

4. What difference does Chesterton assert between the antiquity of Egypt and Babylon on one hand and the antiquity of China on the other?
(a) Egypt and Babylon are both fallen cultures.
(b) Egypt and Babylon are part of his cultural tradition.
(c) Egypt and Babylon are linked to biblical places.
(d) The refinement of the Chinese culture sets it apart from the others.

5. How does Chesterton classify the natural progression of myth and religion?
(a) From the false to the true.
(b) From the pagan to the Christian.
(c) From the simple to the complex.
(d) From the godly to the human.

Short Answer Questions

1. What place does Chesterton say was the center of antiquity?

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

3. Which of the following does Chesterton say of myths?

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

5. What does Chesterton claim the evidence proves about cave men?

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