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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 does the intellectual distinction that Chesterton sees in Christ suggest to him?
(a) Probable distaste for vulgar claims of divinity.
(b) Control of the situation.
(c) Education.
(d) A mastermind.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chesterton describe Asia?

2. What does Chesterton argue is the case of Asian religions and Islam?

3. According to Chesterton, what are the very important images upon which Christ founded the church?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the logic behind Chesterton's statement, "If the ecclesiastical and dogmatic system is as old as the Pentecost then it is as old as Christmas."

2. What comprises the last chapter of the book "The Everlasting Man"? Summarize what it says.

3. How does Chesterton refute the common idea to label Christ as a man who was a great philosopher, or a social reformer, or a healer?

4. What two elements does Chesterton claim the church unites? How does it do it?

5. How does Chesterton prove that you can determine the beliefs of the church by what it rejected?

6. Explain Chesterton's statement, "I do not believe that mythology must begin with eroticism. But I do believe that mythology must end in it." To what was he referring?

7. What does Chesterton mean when he refers to the Church's ability to rise again?

8. Explain how Chesterton comes to the conclusion that Christ was an intellectually apt and astute man?

9. How much have historical events aided or been obstacles to the continuation of the Church?

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

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