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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 two civilizations does Chesterton use for evidence against much of the belief in his time about cave men?
(a) Rome and Greece.
(b) Egypt and Mazatlan.
(c) Egypt and Rome.
(d) Egypt and Babylon.

2. What commonality does Chesterton give to the three elements from which religion supposedly arose?
(a) They already carried a mystical sentiment.
(b) All of these.
(c) They had to do with life and death.
(d) They each had direct influence on the well being of the people.

3. Who does Chesterton say would be the second best judge of Christianity?
(a) A Confucian.
(b) An atheist.
(c) A Christian.
(d) An agnostic.

4. According to Chesterton, how do civilization and barbarism interact?
(a) They have always existed side-by-side.
(b) They return in cycles.
(c) Civilization is a reaction to barbarism.
(d) None of these.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chesterton describe in the introduction as if being seen for the first time?

2. What does Chesterton say is the main fault with comparing religions?

3. What does Chesterton think physical anthropologists do to excess?

4. What reason does Chesterton give that the experiences of the three initial elements of religion cannot be responsible for the rise of mysticism?

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

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