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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chesterton compare to the variation found in cheeses or wine?
(a) The forms of paganism.
(b) The theories of scientists to explain the same phenomenon.
(c) The way mankind worships the one true God.
(d) The variations within the Church of Christ.

2. Who does Chesterton claim to be the best judge of Christianity?
(a) An atheist.
(b) An agnostic.
(c) A Confucian.
(d) A Christian.

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

4. Which one of the following is NOT, according to Chesterton, one of the great mysteries?
(a) The origin of the universe.
(b) The origin of life.
(c) The origin of mankind.
(d) The origin of God.

5. What does Chesterton imply made the difference in the battle of Carthage and Rome?
(a) The prowess of their military commanders.
(b) The dedication of the soldiers.
(c) The nature of their religion.
(d) The financial backing.

6. Chesterton says cave men cannot be compared to what?
(a) Modern artists.
(b) Anthropological projections.
(c) Other primates.
(d) Modern savages.

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

8. What does Chesterton say has been done too much to mythologies of the world?
(a) Analyze their origins.
(b) All of these.
(c) Look for common themes.
(d) Study them scientifically.

9. What sentiment does Chesterton says pervades the ideologies of the far east?
(a) Focus on the self.
(b) Spirituality through physical beauty.
(c) The spirit of repetition and recurrence.
(d) The need for social order.

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

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

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

13. What does say Chesterton say would have been very different if the battle between Carthage and Rome were different?
(a) Christendom.
(b) The world.
(c) The common face of religion.
(d) The struggle which established Christendom.

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

15. What does Chesterton say is important when viewing mankind?
(a) Seeing him through the eyes of religion.
(b) Realizing what a strange animal he is.
(c) Separating him from historical explanations.
(d) Not comparing him to other animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chesterton wish to view and discuss the earth?

2. According to Chesterton, why are pagan religions so successful and enduring?

3. What example does Chesterton give about how the church must be viewed?

4. Which of the following does Chesterton note it is important to remember about the psychology of myths?

5. What does Chesterton say about the idea of reincarnation?

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