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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 VI: The Demons and the Philosophers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chesterton refer to as a cornerstone of humanity?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Monotheism.
(c) The book of Job.
(d) The Old Testament.

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

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

4. According to Chesterton, how do mythologies differ from religion?
(a) Myths are descriptive while religion is prescriptive.
(b) Only religion offers a moral edict.
(c) The way a portrait differs from a person.
(d) Only one is understandable as truth.

5. Which of the following best describes Chesterton's view of the theory of evolution?
(a) It is a mistaken scientific fad.
(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 blasphemous.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Chesterton interpret the title of the book, "The Evolution of the Idea of God"?

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

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

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

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