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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 V: The Escape from Paganism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What statement does Chesterton emphatically make about Christianity?
(a) It turned mythology into a religious system for the whole world.
(b) Its concepts are not connected to paganism from the past.
(c) It created mankind as we know it.
(d) Compared to it, all other systems are narrow.

2. What does Chesterton say God provided in the story of Jesus Christ?
(a) A model for redemption.
(b) Martyrdom.
(c) The ultimate story.
(d) Guilt of sin.

3. What does Chesterton think seeing mankind correctly will accomplish?
(a) Lead back to understanding God as creator.
(b) Throw doubt on evolution.
(c) Restore faith in Christianity.
(d) Disprove common anthropological theories.

4. What additional paradox does Chesterton see in the Christmas story?
(a) The human birth with the celestial marker.
(b) The importance and insignificance of the gathering.
(c) None of these.
(d) The light of God arriving in the dark.

5. Among whom does Chesterton assert that claims of divinity are common?
(a) Lunatics.
(b) Mystics.
(c) Sages and prophets.
(d) Founders of religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chesterton say created the opportunity for opulence and moral degradation to enter into mainstream life in Rome?

2. What does Chesterton say of the doctrine of the Pentecost?

3. Chesterton's list of great influential philosophers includes which of the following?

4. In what way does Chesterton say the philosophers gained great influence?

5. To what does Chesterton compare early Christianity?

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