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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 connection does Chesterton make between the boy and the cave-man?
(a) They transcend their heritage.
(b) They both draw animals for the same reasons.
(c) They share the same innocent interpretation of life.
(d) They have the same primal urges.

2. What does Chesterton claim the evidence proves about cave men?
(a) None of these.
(b) They had no way of understanding the world.
(c) They were very much like men today.
(d) They already had organized religion.

3. How does Chesterton interpret the title of the book, "The Evolution of the Idea of God"?
(a) How mankind has lost their way.
(b) How God changes to suit the needs of every time and place.
(c) I will show you how this nonsensical notion that there is a God grew up among men.
(d) The growth of understanding morality.

4. How does Chesterton summarize the substance of pagan beliefs and mythologies?
(a) Colorful forms of entertainment.
(b) The worshipping of pieces of God.
(c) Devoid of depth.
(d) An attempt to reach divine reality through the imagination.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chesterton say of the more advanced non-western cultures?

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

3. What does Chesterton say is the real rival to the the Church of Christ?

4. According to Chesterton, how much did the philosophies of the great thinkers like Aristotle influence the religious spirit of the time?

5. In what way does Chesterton say the the Christian is worse than the pagan in examples such as Mexico and Carthage?

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