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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 III: The Antiquity of Civilisation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What statement is intuitively understood, according to Chesterton, regarding the cave paintings?
(a) Cave men were closer to the beasts around them.
(b) Cave men were child-like.
(c) All of these.
(d) Art is the signature of man.

2. What does Chesterton say is the simplest truth about mankind?
(a) Mankind is made in the image of God.
(b) Mankind is the only religious being.
(c) Mankind is a microcosm of the universe.
(d) Mankind is a very strange being.

3. Who does Chesterton claim to be the best judge of Christianity?
(a) An atheist.
(b) A Confucian.
(c) An agnostic.
(d) A Christian.

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

5. Chesterton says cave men cannot be compared to what?
(a) Modern savages.
(b) Modern artists.
(c) Other primates.
(d) Anthropological projections.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what description of the life of the cave-man does Chesterton especially object?

2. What difference does Chesterton assert between the antiquity of Egypt and Babylon on one hand and the antiquity of China on the other?

3. What connection does Chesterton make between the boy and the cave-man?

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

5. Which of the following is something Chesterton says future scientists will deduce from 20th Century initials carved in stone?

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