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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. From what does Chesterton's friend say the spire of a village church is originated?
(a) An attempt to reach closer to God.
(b) The peak of a mountain.
(c) Phallic worship of antiquity.
(d) Pointing to the heavens.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chesterton, how much of the church as ever been threatened by extinction?

2. What does Chesterton say about the story of Good Friday?

3. What position does Chesterton take in the chapter "The Riddles of the Gospel"?

4. What does Chesterton intend his concluding chapter to be?

5. Which of the following does Chesterton say was unheard of prior to Christendom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the religious state of Rome when Christ appeared?

2. How does Chesterton connect Christ's intellectual ability to his claim of divinity?

3. What reason does Chesterton give for presenting the last chapter in this fashion?

4. Explain how the Christian creed is like a key, according to Chesterton.

5. Explain the difference that Chesterton sees in the wandering of Christ from the wandering of other philosophers.

6. What important role does Herod play in the Christmas story as Chesterton sees it?

7. Chesterton discusses the popular notion that early Christianity rose in a barbarous time and place. Explain Chesterton's views on this matter.

8. What importance does Chesterton assign to the "Merry Peasant"?

9. What significance does Chesterton assign to the Christmas story happening in a cave?

10. Explain what Chesterton meant when he said the birth of Christ turned the universe inside out, or that the circumference had been turned into the center.

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