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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Learning in War-time.

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) Flippancy.
(b) Presumption.
(c) Superiority.
(d) Spite.

2. While talking about his war experience, Lewis refers to which of the following famous writers?
(a) Wordsworth.
(b) Tolstoi.
(c) Keats.
(d) Shelley.

3. When discussing heaven, Lewis states that he does not believe his desire for Paradise proves what?
(a) That he will enjoy it.
(b) That others cannot achieve it.
(c) That God exists.
(d) That it exists.

4. In his discussion of duty during war, Lewis says anyone who completely gives himself to a cause is giving to _______ that which belongs to God.
(a) Himself.
(b) Satan.
(c) Caesar.
(d) His nation.

5. In the description of the promises of scripture about heaven, Lewis says which of the following?
(a) Only the third is important.
(b) None of them is well defined.
(c) None of them makes any sense.
(d) Only the first should matter.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. "Learning in War-time" says that all our activities will be accepted as long as what occurs?

3. In "Learning in War-time", Lewis states that before he became a Christian he did not fully realize that life would consist of doing what?

4. In "The Weight of Glory", Lewis says he thinks the idea that desiring good for ourselves and enjoying it is bad comes from which philosopher's thoughts?

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the analogies Lewis uses to explain the Christian journey in "The Weight of Glory"?

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