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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Chesterton say would have happened if Christ had not come when he did?
(a) None of these.
(b) There would have been a void that would have asphyxiated mankind.
(c) The world would have started worshipping demons.
(d) Pagan religion would have kept endlessly changing.

3. What does Chesterton say should not be done with mythologies?
(a) Read them as representative of religion.
(b) Try to relate to them.
(c) See them as merely fanciful stories.
(d) Study them scientifically.

4. What does Chesterton make a point of making clear about the manger where Christ was born?
(a) That it was also a cave.
(b) That it was a link to agrarian roots.
(c) That the connection with animals is central.
(d) None of these.

5. Which of the following is a statement Chesterton makes about paganism?
(a) Paganism is used to explain human fears.
(b) That even pagan religions incorporate the notion of one all powerful supreme being.
(c) That paganism naturally subsides in the face of Christianity.
(d) That paganism is the root of all practice within Christianity.