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 say about the idea of reincarnation?
(a) It takes away the need or desire for religion.
(b) It is a worldly way of trying to explain the unworldly.
(c) All of these.
(d) It is not transcendental therefore not religious.

2. What does Chesterton say is the simplest truth about mankind?
(a) Mankind is a very strange being.
(b) Mankind is made in the image of God.
(c) Mankind is the only religious being.
(d) Mankind is a microcosm of the universe.

3. What does Chesterton say of the more advanced non-western cultures?
(a) They were more enlightened and closer to monotheism.
(b) They had more fanciful and less dark mythologies.
(c) They were more barbaric and their religion darker.
(d) They had stricter moral rules of relgious conduct.

4. 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) By throwing doubt on superstition and false beliefs.
(d) As advisors to kings.

5. Which of the following is a statement Chesterton makes about paganism?
(a) That paganism naturally subsides in the face of Christianity.
(b) That paganism is the root of all practice within Christianity.
(c) Paganism is used to explain human fears.
(d) That even pagan religions incorporate the notion of one all powerful supreme being.