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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 IV: The Witness of the Heretics.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What evidence does Chesterton present to support his claim that Christ was many sided?
(a) The spectrum of emotion in the Gospels.
(b) The enduring quality of his teachings.
(c) The complexity of the church doctrine.
(d) All the different things historians and popular theories claim he was.

2. What does Chesterton determine is unique about Christ in comparison with the founders of the other major religions?
(a) His ability to heal.
(b) The enduring quality of his teachings.
(c) His claim to divinity.
(d) His missing childhood.

3. What personage from Troy does Chesterton say created an archetype and impacted history?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Hector.
(c) Helen.
(d) Achilles.

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

5. Which one of the following is NOT, according to Chesterton, one of the great mysteries?
(a) The origin of God.
(b) The origin of mankind.
(c) The origin of life.
(d) The origin of the universe.

Short Answer Questions

1. If man was once no more than an animal, what does does Chesterton say might be entertained?

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

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

4. What does Chesterton say a newcomer would notice is NOT in the New Testament?

5. Which of the following best describes Chesterton's view of the theory of evolution?

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