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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) Education.
(b) Probable distaste for vulgar claims of divinity.
(c) A mastermind.
(d) Control of the situation.

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

3. Which of the following is imagery that Chesterton says is important from the Christmas story?
(a) All of these.
(b) The cave.
(c) Heaven rising from below.
(d) The shepherds.

4. What does Chesterton make a point of making clear about the manger where Christ was born?
(a) None of these.
(b) That it was also a cave.
(c) That the connection with animals is central.
(d) That it was a link to agrarian roots.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Chesterton call mankind in his conclusion?

3. What does Chesterton say is the affect of the paradox of Christianity?

4. What additional paradox does Chesterton see in the Christmas story?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Europe that Chesterton says would exist if the world still lived in paganism.

2. Explain Chesterton's view on the role of the mother in the Christmas story.

3. Explain how Chesterton refutes the popular argument that Christ's teachings are dated because he was "a man of his time".

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

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

6. What possible exception does Chesterton make to the statement that Christendom is unique in the creation of church militants? Why does he say the exception doesn't count?

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

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

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

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

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