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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 II: Professors and Prehistoric Men.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chesterton claim the evidence proves about cave men?
(a) None of these.
(b) They were very much like men today.
(c) They already had organized religion.
(d) They had no way of understanding the world.

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

3. What does Chesterton say is important when viewing mankind?
(a) Seeing him through the eyes of religion.
(b) Not comparing him to other animals.
(c) Realizing what a strange animal he is.
(d) Separating him from historical explanations.

4. What does Chesterton describe in the introduction as if being seen for the first time?
(a) St. Francis slaying the dragon.
(b) A horse.
(c) A cathedral.
(d) The church.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. If man was once no more than an animal, what does does Chesterton say might be entertained?

3. What does Chesterton say about epochs of nomadism or matriarchy in history and prehistory?

4. Who does Chesterton say would be the second best judge of Christianity?

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the elements Chesterton says are popularly believed to be the root of religion?

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