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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chesterton think physical anthropologists do to excess?
(a) Name the objects of their theories.
(b) Theorize from very little evidence.
(c) Invest themselves into their theories.
(d) Glorify their theories.

2. If man was once no more than an animal, what does does Chesterton say might be entertained?
(a) That he might return to be one again.
(b) The intervention of God.
(c) None of these.
(d) Animals doing things in the providence of man.

3. How does Chesterton characterize the approach of Hannibal to Rome?
(a) Like a dark supernatural power.
(b) Like the reckoning for unholiness.
(c) Like a hot knife slicing through the resistance.
(d) Riding on the glory of the gods.

4. What importance does Chesterton give to the pace at which things go?
(a) The real question is in why they go at all.
(b) The pace at which things go determines their importance and influence.
(c) A fast pace makes things seem like a miracle.
(d) The pace at which things go makes no difference on how we perceive them.

5. What does Chesterton describe in the introduction as if being seen for the first time?
(a) St. Francis slaying the dragon.
(b) A cathedral.
(c) A horse.
(d) The church.

6. How does Chesterton classify the natural progression of myth and religion?
(a) From the godly to the human.
(b) From the simple to the complex.
(c) From the false to the true.
(d) From the pagan to the Christian.

7. Who or what does Chesterton credit with the preservation of the true religion of mankind?
(a) God.
(b) The Jews.
(c) Human nature.
(d) Natural law.

8. How does Chesterton describe the concept of monotheism?
(a) The Everest of spirituality.
(b) The necessary end of all evolving religion.
(c) A terrifying notion for the small minded.
(d) As large and easy to live with as the sky.

9. According to Chesterton, how much did the philosophies of the great thinkers like Aristotle influence the religious spirit of the time?
(a) The religion incorporated the principles of their philosophies.
(b) They initiated conversation that changed the role of religion.
(c) The philosophers were seen as heretics and the religion gained fervor.
(d) Not at all.

10. What difference does Chesterton assert between the antiquity of Egypt and Babylon on one hand and the antiquity of China on the other?
(a) Egypt and Babylon are linked to biblical places.
(b) Egypt and Babylon are both fallen cultures.
(c) Egypt and Babylon are part of his cultural tradition.
(d) The refinement of the Chinese culture sets it apart from the others.

11. What reason does Chesterton give for acts of cannibalism?
(a) It is practical for those without the morality to know it is an abomination.
(b) The people are doing the worst thing they can imagine.
(c) The lack of a true creed and religion.
(d) The people believe the power of life is transferable.

12. What religious activity does Chesterton align with Carthage?
(a) Infanticide.
(b) All of these.
(c) Prayers for materialistic ends.
(d) Devil worship.

13. Who does Chesterton say would be the second best judge of Christianity?
(a) A Confucian.
(b) An agnostic.
(c) A Christian.
(d) An atheist.

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

15. What does Chesterton say is a danger when analyzing mythologies?
(a) None of these.
(b) That it would be too easy to get lost in the subtleties.
(c) That they may seem to be understood.
(d) That it is a futile pursuit because they are meaningless.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a statement Chesterton makes?

2. In Part I, Chapter VII, what new thing does Chesterton say we need?

3. Which one of the following is NOT, according to Chesterton, one of the great mysteries?

4. What does Chesterton think seeing mankind correctly will accomplish?

5. What does Chesterton say of the Roman polytheism before the time of Christ?

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