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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: On the Man Called Christ, Chapter II: The Riddles of the Gospel.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What religious activity does Chesterton align with Carthage?
(a) Devil worship.
(b) Prayers for materialistic ends.
(c) Infanticide.
(d) All of these.

2. What does Chesterton say is important when viewing mankind?
(a) Not comparing him to other animals.
(b) Separating him from historical explanations.
(c) Realizing what a strange animal he is.
(d) Seeing him through the eyes of religion.

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the elements Chesterton says are popularly believed to be the root of religion?
(a) Dreams.
(b) The question of our origins and purpose.
(c) The harvest and resurrection of growing corn.
(d) The leader of the tribe.

4. Which of the following does Chesterton note it is important to remember about the psychology of myths?
(a) They are often strictly local.
(b) They contain all shades of sincerity.
(c) They contain all shades of insincerity.
(d) All of these.

5. Which of the following is a statement that Chesterton makes?
(a) The next best thing to being really inside Christendom is to be really outside it.
(b) The church is justified, not because her children do not sin, but because they do.
(c) The moment we are really impartial about it, we know why people are partial to it.
(d) All of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chesterton say is strong roots for humanity?

2. According to Chesterton, what social point does divinity being born as an outcast make?

3. What does say Chesterton say would have been very different if the battle between Carthage and Rome were different?

4. What evidence does Chesterton present to support his claim that Christ was many sided?

5. What two civilizations does Chesterton use for evidence against much of the belief in his time about cave men?

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