View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Chesterton, how was the purity of the Church preserved?
(a) Dogmatic definitions and exclusions.
(b) Through its ministers.
(c) Because the memory of Jesus was near.
(d) Fighting against paganism.

2. Which of the following is a way in which Chesterton describes faith?
(a) A philosophy.
(b) A mythology.
(c) A picture.
(d) A pattern.

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

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

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

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

7. According to Chesterton, what was Rome?
(a) The pinnacle of man's ability on earth without God.
(b) Necessary for the arrival of Christ.
(c) The end of paganism.
(d) A lone beacon in an age of darkness.

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

9. What literary technique does Chesterton admire in the Gospels?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Comparative degrees.
(c) Parallel plots.
(d) A story within a story.

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

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

12. What does Chesterton say the Catholic faith utilizes?
(a) Scare tactics.
(b) The philosophy of stories.
(c) Blind faith.
(d) Pagan roots.

13. 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) They were ready for violence.
(c) The way in which it was said.
(d) In their souls they knew it was true.

14. Which of the following does Chesterton say Christendom brought to the world?
(a) Order.
(b) Hope.
(c) Salvation.
(d) Clarity.

15. What statement does Chesterton emphatically make about Christianity?
(a) It created mankind as we know it.
(b) Compared to it, all other systems are narrow.
(c) Its concepts are not connected to paganism from the past.
(d) It turned mythology into a religious system for the whole world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chesterton say is unique about the Church Militant?

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

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

4. What does Chesterton insist is a common error?

5. Which of the following does Chesterton say is an important element in the Christian faith?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 599 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample