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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Conclusion: The Summary of This Book and Appendices.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What importance does Chesterton give to the pace at which things go?
(a) The pace at which things go determines their importance and influence.
(b) A fast pace makes things seem like a miracle.
(c) The pace at which things go makes no difference on how we perceive them.
(d) The real question is in why they go at all.

2. What does Chesterton intend his concluding chapter to be?
(a) An alternate point of view.
(b) A summary and outline of history.
(c) His final argument of position.
(d) The culmination of his arguments.

3. Which of the following is a trait Chesterton cites as being unique to Christianity?
(a) Political power.
(b) Stories.
(c) Direct contact with an all powerful deity.
(d) It's ability to rise again throughout the ages.

4. According to Chesterton, what makes the enduring quality of the church so remarkable?
(a) The timelessness of the written text.
(b) It has survived great social changes and upheavals.
(c) The ever increasing number of believers.
(d) The constant persecution of Christians.

5. What does Chesterton describe in the introduction as if being seen for the first time?
(a) A horse.
(b) St. Francis slaying the dragon.
(c) The church.
(d) A cathedral.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chesterton think physical anthropologists do to excess?

2. Which of the following does Chesterton say is a crucial element of the Christmas story?

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

4. What aspect of the cave-man does Chesterton find greatly important?

5. Which of the following is a way in which Chesterton describes faith?

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