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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chesterton say of the doctrine of the Pentecost?
(a) None of these.
(b) It was a human representation of the divine.
(c) It was created by divine inspiration.
(d) If it can be traced to the Pentecost, it can be traced to Christ.

2. Which of the following is imagery that Chesterton says is important from the Christmas story?
(a) Heaven rising from below.
(b) All of these.
(c) The shepherds.
(d) The cave.

3. How is the creed of Jesus like a key, according to Chesterton?
(a) It is essential to keep its form.
(b) It appears as an abstract, arbitrary shape.
(c) All of these.
(d) It is a thing with a pattern.

4. Chesterton called the Church the mortal enemy of what movement?
(a) Aescetic.
(b) Pacifist.
(c) Manichean.
(d) Gnostic.

5. What kind of paganism does Chesterton say they practiced in Rome?
(a) The worst kind.
(b) The kind that is more human than godly.
(c) The forgotten kind.
(d) The best kind.

6. Which of the following does Chesterton say is a crucial element of the Christmas story?
(a) The stoic presence and faith of the father.
(b) The presence of the enemy.
(c) The absence of authority.
(d) None of these.

7. What does Chesterton say is the affect of the paradox of Christianity?
(a) It has altered human nature.
(b) None of these.
(c) It teaches faith.
(d) It gives mankind divine responsibility.

8. What does Chesterton call Islam?
(a) Monotheism without God.
(b) The greatest of the Eastern heresies.
(c) Dangerous and deceitful.
(d) The worst of the civilized heathenisms.

9. What does Chesterton say would have happened if Christ had not come when he did?
(a) Pagan religion would have kept endlessly changing.
(b) There would have been a void that would have asphyxiated mankind.
(c) None of these.
(d) The world would have started worshipping demons.

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

11. In Part II, Chapter VI, what state does Chesterton say the church is currently in?
(a) Growing weaker with each passing generation.
(b) In another great decline, but about to rebound.
(c) Flourishing unhindered.
(d) Steadfast and consistent.

12. What two important elements from the past did the arrival of Christ unite, according to Chesterton?
(a) The beliefs of the shepherds and the philosophers.
(b) Religion and exclusion.
(c) God and man.
(d) Faith and morality.

13. What does Chesterton see in the sophisticated use of language in the Gospels?
(a) That Christ had formal schooling.
(b) Careful planning of the Gospels.
(c) The wisdom of those who assembled the Gospels.
(d) A subtle and superior mind.

14. What does Chesterton say God provided in the story of Jesus Christ?
(a) Guilt of sin.
(b) Martyrdom.
(c) The ultimate story.
(d) A model for redemption.

15. Which of the following is NOT one of the three distinct things that make up one in the Christmas story?
(a) A philosophy larger than other philosophies.
(b) The human instinct for heaven as literal as home.
(c) An omnipresent divinity.
(d) A challenge and a fight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements does Chesterton say about early Christians?

2. What additional paradox does Chesterton see in the Christmas story?

3. Which of the following accusations of the Church does Chesterton refute?

4. What does Chesterton say Europe would look like if it had continued in paganism?

5. What does Chesterton say about the teachings of Christ?

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