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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following accusations of the Church does Chesterton refute?
(a) That it became strong because it was the official religion of Rome.
(b) That it was anti-nature and anti-life.
(c) That is was Manichean.
(d) All of these.

2. Which of the following does Chesterton say Christendom brought to the world?
(a) Salvation.
(b) Hope.
(c) Order.
(d) Clarity.

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

4. What is Chesterton's dead dog in a river metaphor intending to convey?
(a) None of these answers.
(b) The world (the river) cannot always discern between dead things and live ones.
(c) A dead thing can look alive when it goes downstream, but only live things swim upstream.
(d) Dead things can travel far after death.

5. When morality and faith in the gods was crumbling in Rome, what else does Chesterton say was crumbling?
(a) Curiosity.
(b) Desire for violence.
(c) Intellectuality and philosophy.
(d) The hope for mankind.

6. What format does Chesterton present his closing statements in?
(a) A short story.
(b) A bulleted list.
(c) Question and answers.
(d) A statement with supporting details.

7. What does Chesterton say the Catholic faith utilizes?
(a) Blind faith.
(b) Pagan roots.
(c) Scare tactics.
(d) The philosophy of stories.

8. Which of the following statements does Chesterton say about early Christians?
(a) All of these.
(b) They declared war with the world.
(c) Their meekness was an effective tactic.
(d) They knew the future for which they were fighting.

9. In Part II, Chapter VI, what state does Chesterton say the church is currently in?
(a) Steadfast and consistent.
(b) In another great decline, but about to rebound.
(c) Flourishing unhindered.
(d) Growing weaker with each passing generation.

10. What does Chesterton call mankind in his conclusion?
(a) A race of gods.
(b) Something really different under the sun.
(c) Created in the likeness of God.
(d) None of these answers.

11. Which of the following does Chesterton say was unheard of prior to Christendom?
(a) Martyrdom.
(b) A holy land.
(c) Church militants.
(d) None of these answers.

12. What does Chesterton say is the affect of the paradox of Christianity?
(a) It has altered human nature.
(b) It gives mankind divine responsibility.
(c) It teaches faith.
(d) None of these.

13. According to Chesterton, what was Rome?
(a) The pinnacle of man's ability on earth without God.
(b) Necessary for the arrival of Christ.
(c) The end of paganism.
(d) A lone beacon in an age of darkness.

14. What does Chesterton say about Rome in the 4th Century?
(a) It was undeniably a civilization.
(b) It was barbarous.
(c) It had no moral system in place.
(d) It was the ruins of a civilization.

15. What additional paradox does Chesterton see in the Christmas story?
(a) The importance and insignificance of the gathering.
(b) None of these.
(c) The human birth with the celestial marker.
(d) The light of God arriving in the dark.

Short Answer Questions

1. What practice does Chesterton say that Christ started by his teachings?

2. What does Chesterton determine is unique about Christ in comparison with the founders of the other major religions?

3. How does Chesterton characterize the wanderings of Jesus?

4. According to Chesterton, what are the very important images upon which Christ founded the church?

5. What does Chesterton intend his concluding chapter to be?

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