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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Is Theology Poetry?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Toward the end of "The Weight of Glory", Lewis says that our merriment must be of people who take each other seriously, which means with none of all but which?
(a) Spite.
(b) Flippancy.
(c) Presumption.
(d) Superiority.

2. While talking about duty during wartime, Lewis says that the rescue of drowning men is a duty worth dying for but not worth what?
(a) Losing money for.
(b) Risking war over.
(c) Living for.
(d) Encouraging.

3. Lewis says in "Transposition" that it may seem strange that an apocalypse can describe heaven with nothing more than all but which of the following?
(a) Music.
(b) Crowns.
(c) Thrones.
(d) Angels.

4. According to Lewis in his discussion of Pacifism, what sort of society tolerates Pacifists?
(a) Anarchist.
(b) Conservative.
(c) Religious.
(d) Liberal.

5. As "Why I am Not a Pacifist" closes, Lewis says that we have learned that though the world is slow to forgive, it is what?
(a) Quick to anger.
(b) Quick to remember.
(c) Lacking in memory.
(d) Quick to forget.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following analogies does Lewis NOT use when talking about childlike humility?

2. In "Transposition", Lewis says that if anyone watches the relationship between emotions and sensations he will discover all but which of the following?

3. How does Lewis respond, when discussing war, to the fact that many individuals killed during a war are innocent?

4. When exploring analogies for the Christian life, Lewis finds that his chosen analogy breaks down where?

5. When discussing the perception that some activities are more worthy of God's attention than others, Lewis says Arnold first used the word "spiritual" to replace what German word?

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