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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. What does Chesterton say is the main fault with comparing religions?
(a) All of these.
(b) Confucianism is not a religion.
(c) False classification masks the uniqueness of the church.
(d) They do not resemble each other.

2. What evidence does Chesterton find in the history of Babylonia?
(a) All of these.
(b) Nomads who do not evolve into a more civilized state.
(c) Evidence to refute the commonly held notion of barbarism and civilization.
(d) A society that has no evidence of being nomadic.

3. What connection does Chesterton make between the boy and the cave-man?
(a) They share the same innocent interpretation of life.
(b) They have the same primal urges.
(c) They transcend their heritage.
(d) They both draw animals for the same reasons.

4. What form of humanity does Chesterton claim is the unit of the state, or the cell that makes up the formation?
(a) Tribes.
(b) Motherhood.
(c) Male lineage.
(d) Family.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What reason does Chesterton give that the experiences of the three initial elements of religion cannot be responsible for the rise of mysticism?

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

4. What does Chesterton say has been done too much to mythologies of the world?

5. According to Chesterton, how does monotheism become polytheistic?

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