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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: On the Man Called Christ, Chapter III: The Strangest Story in the World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chesterton imply made the difference in the battle of Carthage and Rome?
(a) The prowess of their military commanders.
(b) The dedication of the soldiers.
(c) The financial backing.
(d) The nature of their religion.

2. What does Chesterton determine is unique about Christ in comparison with the founders of the other major religions?
(a) His ability to heal.
(b) His missing childhood.
(c) The enduring quality of his teachings.
(d) His claim to divinity.

3. What does say Chesterton say would have been very different if the battle between Carthage and Rome were different?
(a) The struggle which established Christendom.
(b) The world.
(c) Christendom.
(d) The common face of religion.

4. What opinion does Chesterton hold of the concept "realpolitik," or the notion that men fight for material purposes?
(a) It is a simplistic rendering of a complex problem.
(b) None of these.
(c) It is an almost insanely unreal concept.
(d) It is true unless the men have religion.

5. What practice does Chesterton say that Christ started by his teachings?
(a) The exaltation of childhood.
(b) Subservience to an all powerful God.
(c) The mixing of religion and revolution.
(d) All of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary technique does Chesterton admire in the Gospels?

2. What evidence does Chesterton find in the history of Babylonia?

3. What does Chesterton see in the sophisticated use of language in the Gospels?

4. In Part I, Chapter VII, what new thing does Chesterton say we need?

5. What does the intellectual distinction that Chesterton sees in Christ suggest to him?

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