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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To the Romans, who were used to hearing about so many different sects and religions, what does Chesterton say was different when they heard about Christ?
(a) The way in which it was said.
(b) There was no hope left.
(c) In their souls they knew it was true.
(d) They were ready for violence.

2. What does Chesterton state that mankind recognized from the very beginning?
(a) His power to alter the world.
(b) His own ineptitude.
(c) His role in the world.
(d) Purpose in existence.

3. What additional paradox does Chesterton see in the Christmas story?
(a) None of these.
(b) The human birth with the celestial marker.
(c) The light of God arriving in the dark.
(d) The importance and insignificance of the gathering.

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

5. What emotions does Chesterton say a first time reader of the New Testament would experience?
(a) Surprise and fear.
(b) Sadness and loss.
(c) Anger and revulsion.
(d) Awe and wonder.

6. What practice does Chesterton say that Christ started by his teachings?
(a) All of these.
(b) Subservience to an all powerful God.
(c) The mixing of religion and revolution.
(d) The exaltation of childhood.

7. Which of the following does Chesterton NOT list as one of the five deaths of the faith?
(a) The end of the dark ages.
(b) The renaissance.
(c) The fall of Rome.
(d) The rise of Islam.

8. What format does Chesterton present his closing statements in?
(a) Question and answers.
(b) A bulleted list.
(c) A statement with supporting details.
(d) A short story.

9. What does Chesterton say about the teachings of Christ?
(a) None of these.
(b) They did not fit in his own time any better than they do now.
(c) They are not meant to be accomplished.
(d) They are paradoxes.

10. According to Chesterton, how much of the church as ever been threatened by extinction?
(a) All of it but a ghost.
(b) Perhaps up to half.
(c) None of it.
(d) The superficial practices.

11. Which of the following accusations of the Church does Chesterton refute?
(a) That it became strong because it was the official religion of Rome.
(b) All of these.
(c) That it was anti-nature and anti-life.
(d) That is was Manichean.

12. Among whom does Chesterton assert that claims of divinity are common?
(a) Sages and prophets.
(b) Founders of religion.
(c) Mystics.
(d) Lunatics.

13. According to Chesterton, what social point does divinity being born as an outcast make?
(a) None of these.
(b) God can rise up from the lowest point.
(c) God is not allied with any government or state.
(d) Individuals are important.

14. What does Chesterton say is unique about the Church Militant?
(a) Salvation.
(b) Willingness to die for religion.
(c) The goal of universal deliverance.
(d) The change of power from state to religion.

15. What popular belief about the New Testament does Chesterton refute?
(a) That Jesus was a merciful and humane lover of humanity.
(b) That Jesus was apolitical.
(c) That the scriptures need interpretation.
(d) That the books of the New Testament are contradictory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chesterton say God provided in the story of Jesus Christ?

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

3. According to Chesterton, what makes the enduring quality of the church so remarkable?

4. Which of the following does Chesterton find striking about the story and teachings of Jesus?

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

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