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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 attempt to prove by the universality of clothes?
(a) How ill designed mankind is to survive like a beast.
(b) The concept of original sin.
(c) Virtue in cave men.
(d) The need for decoration and artistic expression.

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

3. In what way does Chesterton say the philosophers gained great influence?
(a) By creating order out of chaos.
(b) By throwing doubt on superstition and false beliefs.
(c) By presenting ideas that explained the natural world.
(d) As advisors to kings.

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

5. Which of the following is NOT a statement Chesterton makes?
(a) Religion is really not a pattern but a picture.
(b) One must release rationality to fully embrace religion.
(c) Christianity does appeal to a solid truth outside itself.
(d) Common sense perishes except where there is Christianity to preserve it.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chesterton, how do civilization and barbarism interact?

2. What does Chesterton say should not be done with mythologies?

3. What reason does Chesterton give for acts of cannibalism?

4. How does Chesterton say a myth must be appreciated?

5. What does Chesterton say is the relationship between reason and religion?

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