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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Chesterton find striking about the story and teachings of Jesus?
(a) The intuitiveness.
(b) The suggestion that he has not really come to teach.
(c) All of these.
(d) The order in which they come.

2. What position does Chesterton take in the chapter "The Riddles of the Gospel"?
(a) That of someone seeing the New Testament for the first time.
(b) A scientific outlook.
(c) The stance of a skeptic.
(d) A believer.

3. What does Chesterton bring up as a strange part of the story of the New Testament?
(a) The missing 30 years in Jesus's life.
(b) The trial and punishment.
(c) The miracles.
(d) The references to the passing of time.

4. What does Chesterton claim the Christian church is not and never has been?
(a) Beyond reason.
(b) Logical.
(c) Fanatical.
(d) Purely human.

5. What does Chesterton remark that Jesus never states a position against?
(a) Violence.
(b) War.
(c) Lawlessness.
(d) Hate.

6. What accepted social practice common in Christ's time does Chesterton use to exemplify how his teachings are not bound to them?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Infanticide.
(d) Polygamy.

7. 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) There was no hope left.
(b) In their souls they knew it was true.
(c) They were ready for violence.
(d) The way in which it was said.

8. Who does Chesterton label as the most inspirational character from the story of the fall of Troy?
(a) Hector.
(b) Helen.
(c) Paris.
(d) Achilles.

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

10. What side of Christ does Chesterton say the church emphasizes?
(a) The sufferer.
(b) The meek and mild one.
(c) The wrathful one.
(d) The link to God.

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

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

13. What does Chesterton insist is a common error?
(a) To oversimply the end of Rome.
(b) To not give Romans their due.
(c) To insist on the smallness of the Mediterranean world in which all of this occurred.
(d) To think that things would have gone on as they had always been.

14. How does Chesterton describe Asia?
(a) Hollow.
(b) Fortuitous.
(c) Changeless.
(d) Heartless.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What statement does Chesterton make about Wells's outline of the world?

2. Chesterton called the Church the mortal enemy of what movement?

3. What does Chesterton say created the opportunity for opulence and moral degradation to enter into mainstream life in Rome?

4. What does Chesterton say started to infect Rome and weaken her moral standing?

5. What kind of paganism does Chesterton say they practiced in Rome?

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