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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Chesterton say Europe would look like if it had continued in paganism?
(a) Barbarous.
(b) Amoral.
(c) Asia.
(d) The dark ages.

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

5. 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) God and man.
(c) Faith and morality.
(d) Religion and exclusion.

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

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

8. 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.

9. Which of the following statements does Chesterton say about early Christians?
(a) Their meekness was an effective tactic.
(b) All of these.
(c) They knew the future for which they were fighting.
(d) They declared war with the world.

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

11. Which of the following is a statement Chesterton makes about the early Church?
(a) It was very ascetic.
(b) It was blamed for being many of the things it condemned.
(c) It was caught in a swarm of mystical sects.
(d) All of these.

12. What does Chesterton say was the reaction of the populace to the rising Christian movement?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Fear.
(c) Hate.
(d) Despair.

13. What does Chesterton call mankind in his conclusion?
(a) None of these answers.
(b) A race of gods.
(c) Something really different under the sun.
(d) Created in the likeness of God.

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

15. Which of the following is a trait Chesterton cites as being unique to Christianity?
(a) It's ability to rise again throughout the ages.
(b) Political power.
(c) Direct contact with an all powerful deity.
(d) Stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chesterton say is one of the fundamental differences in growing up Christian?

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

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

4. What does Chesterton say is strong roots for humanity?

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

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