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

2. What does Chesterton take as evidence that evolution is flawed as a way to define the origins of man?
(a) The missing link.
(b) The fact that mankind is apparently not evolving now.
(c) None of these.
(d) The changing nature of the theories.

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

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

5. Which of the following does Chesterton say of myths?
(a) They meet some of the needs of a religion.
(b) They are not a religion.
(c) All of these.
(d) They do not provide mankind with a creed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chesterton describe the concept of monotheism?

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

3. What does Chesterton compare to the variation found in cheeses or wine?

4. Chesterton says cave men cannot be compared to what?

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

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