View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: On the Creature Called Man, Chapter IV: God and Comparative Religion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What support does Egypt give to Chesterton's argument?
(a) Evidence that the state grew more despotic as it grew more civilized.
(b) Evidence that the most powerful leaders are revered as gods.
(c) Great civilizations arose throughout history.
(d) Barbarism can exist in complicated civilizations.

2. To what description of the life of the cave-man does Chesterton especially object?
(a) All of these.
(b) The suggested violence of men to women.
(c) Their proximity to apes.
(d) Their pagan worship.

3. Why does Chesterton claim that some people have difficulty perceiving Christianity correctly?
(a) They cannot separate the religion from history.
(b) All of these.
(c) They are too close to it.
(d) Their personal experiences as Christians get in the way.

4. According to Chesterton, how do civilization and barbarism interact?
(a) Civilization is a reaction to barbarism.
(b) They have always existed side-by-side.
(c) They return in cycles.
(d) None of these.

5. What does Chesterton attempt to prove by the universality of clothes?
(a) How ill designed mankind is to survive like a beast.
(b) The concept of original sin.
(c) The need for decoration and artistic expression.
(d) Virtue in cave men.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what popular religious practice of his time does Chesterton object?

2. What does Chesterton say is the simplest truth about mankind?

3. Chesterton claims the holy trinity is an upside version of what?

4. What happens when an onlooker tries to envision the church as a member of a throng of superstitions lobbying for believers?

5. What does Chesterton describe in the introduction as if being seen for the first time?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 343 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample