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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: On the Man Called Christ, Chapter II: The Riddles of the Gospel.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way does Chesterton say the philosophers gained great influence?
(a) By creating order out of chaos.
(b) As advisors to kings.
(c) By throwing doubt on superstition and false beliefs.
(d) By presenting ideas that explained the natural world.

2. Which of the following is a statement that Chesterton makes?
(a) All of these.
(b) The next best thing to being really inside Christendom is to be really outside it.
(c) The moment we are really impartial about it, we know why people are partial to it.
(d) The church is justified, not because her children do not sin, but because they do.

3. What side of Christ does Chesterton say the church emphasizes?
(a) The sufferer.
(b) The link to God.
(c) The meek and mild one.
(d) The wrathful one.

4. What two important elements from the past did the arrival of Christ unite, according to Chesterton?
(a) God and man.
(b) Faith and morality.
(c) The beliefs of the shepherds and the philosophers.
(d) Religion and exclusion.

5. Which of the following does Chesterton say is the most puzzling and terrifying?
(a) Historical Christianity.
(b) The Gospels.
(c) Christ of the Church.
(d) Modern Christianity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Chesterton say the history of Rome is best understood?

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

3. In Part I, Chapter 1, which of the following does Chesterton recommend doing?

4. What evidence does Chesterton find in the history of Babylonia?

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

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