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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 V: Man and Mythologies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Chesterton say of myths?
(a) They do not provide mankind with a creed.
(b) They meet some of the needs of a religion.
(c) They are not a religion.
(d) All of these.

2. What does Chesterton attempt to prove by the universality of clothes?
(a) The need for decoration and artistic expression.
(b) Virtue in cave men.
(c) How ill designed mankind is to survive like a beast.
(d) The concept of original sin.

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

4. Why does Chesterton claim that some people have difficulty perceiving Christianity correctly?
(a) They cannot separate the religion from history.
(b) They are too close to it.
(c) Their personal experiences as Christians get in the way.
(d) All of these.

5. Which of the following is a point Chesterton makes regarding the government of early man?
(a) Their leaders were mystics.
(b) They had no widely spread form of government.
(c) Their government was not headed by a leader like the "Old Man."
(d) We know nothing regarding their government.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tactic does Chesterton recommend that people use to see Christianity more fairly?

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

3. What does Chesterton claim as a fundamental fact of all civilizations before Christ?

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

5. What does Chesterton say is a danger when analyzing mythologies?

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