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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 form of humanity does Chesterton claim is the unit of the state, or the cell that makes up the formation?
(a) Male lineage.
(b) Motherhood.
(c) Family.
(d) Tribes.

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

3. What importance does Chesterton give to the pace at which things go?
(a) The pace at which things go makes no difference on how we perceive them.
(b) A fast pace makes things seem like a miracle.
(c) The pace at which things go determines their importance and influence.
(d) The real question is in why they go at all.

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

5. What does Chesterton say is the main fault with comparing religions?
(a) They do not resemble each other.
(b) Confucianism is not a religion.
(c) False classification masks the uniqueness of the church.
(d) All of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the following is NOT, according to Chesterton, one of the great mysteries?

2. How does Chesterton wish to view and discuss the earth?

3. Which of the following best describes Chesterton's view of the theory of evolution?

4. What statement is intuitively understood, according to Chesterton, regarding the cave paintings?

5. Which of the following is a point Chesterton makes regarding the government of early man?

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