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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What opinion does Chesterton hold of the concept "realpolitik," or the notion that men fight for material purposes?
(a) None of these.
(b) It is a simplistic rendering of a complex problem.
(c) It is an almost insanely unreal concept.
(d) It is true unless the men have religion.

2. In Part I, Chapter 1, which of the following does Chesterton recommend doing?
(a) Turning to religion for answers.
(b) Accepting mankind without explaining it.
(c) Maintaining a universal perspective.
(d) Rejecting science.

3. What sentiment does Chesterton says pervades the ideologies of the far east?
(a) The spirit of repetition and recurrence.
(b) The need for social order.
(c) Spirituality through physical beauty.
(d) Focus on the self.

4. What statement is intuitively understood, according to Chesterton, regarding the cave paintings?
(a) Cave men were closer to the beasts around them.
(b) All of these.
(c) Cave men were child-like.
(d) Art is the signature of man.

5. Which of the following is a point Chesterton makes regarding the government of early man?
(a) Their government was not headed by a leader like the "Old Man."
(b) We know nothing regarding their government.
(c) Their leaders were mystics.
(d) They had no widely spread form of government.

6. According to Chesterton, how much did the philosophies of the great thinkers like Aristotle influence the religious spirit of the time?
(a) The religion incorporated the principles of their philosophies.
(b) Not at all.
(c) The philosophers were seen as heretics and the religion gained fervor.
(d) They initiated conversation that changed the role of religion.

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

8. Why does Chesterton claim that some people have difficulty perceiving Christianity correctly?
(a) All of these.
(b) They are too close to it.
(c) They cannot separate the religion from history.
(d) Their personal experiences as Christians get in the way.

9. Which of the following best describes Chesterton's view of the theory of evolution?
(a) It is blasphemous.
(b) It is a mistaken scientific fad.
(c) It is useful to explain the world in conjunction with God.
(d) It is irrelevant to and disconnected from his topic.

10. What does Chesterton claim as a fundamental fact of all civilizations before Christ?
(a) The fear of mystical leaders.
(b) The insignificance of the individual before the state.
(c) The ineffectiveness of mystic rule.
(d) The monopoly of religion to those with power.

11. Which of the following is something Chesterton says future scientists will deduce from 20th Century initials carved in stone?
(a) The 20th Century had no cursive or small letters.
(b) The 20th Century had no religion.
(c) All of these.
(d) The 20th Century did not practice the art of sculpture.

12. What difference does Chesterton assert between the antiquity of Egypt and Babylon on one hand and the antiquity of China on the other?
(a) The refinement of the Chinese culture sets it apart from the others.
(b) Egypt and Babylon are both fallen cultures.
(c) Egypt and Babylon are part of his cultural tradition.
(d) Egypt and Babylon are linked to biblical places.

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

14. 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.

15. What tactic does Chesterton recommend that people use to see Christianity more fairly?
(a) Pretend it is a foreign pagan religion and give it the same respect.
(b) Talk to foreigners about Christianity and accept their views.
(c) Temporarily embrace it as a faith to see it from the inside.
(d) Dabble in another religion to have something for comparison.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chesterton, how does monotheism become polytheistic?

2. According to Chesterton, how do civilization and barbarism interact?

3. What does Chesterton describe in the introduction as if being seen for the first time?

4. What does Chesterton say is most present in the mind of man?

5. If men were like other animals, what does Chesterton argue that we should see?

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