This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: On the Creature Called Man, Chapter II: Professors and Prehistoric Men.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chesterton say about epochs of nomadism or matriarchy in history and prehistory?
(a) The are indicative of tribal forms of civilization.
(b) They were short lived aberrations from the natural family form.
(c) Men were the natural heads of families.
(d) None of them worked successfully because they no longer exist.

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the elements Chesterton says are popularly believed to be the root of religion?
(a) The leader of the tribe.
(b) The question of our origins and purpose.
(c) Dreams.
(d) The harvest and resurrection of growing corn.

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

4. What example does Chesterton give about how the church must be viewed?
(a) With the detached impartiality of a martian.
(b) With the wonder of somebody seeing it for the first time.
(c) From the daily experiences within it.
(d) With the eyes of an anthropologist.

5. What does Chesterton label as the biggest weakness of science in trying to understand the origins of man?
(a) The inability to experiment or directly observe.
(b) The scientists.
(c) Theories that are sensational but untrue.
(d) None of these.