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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Inner Ring.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When discussing the promises of scripture, Lewis states that they can be roughly reduced to how many topics?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Seven.

2. In the opening of "Learning in War-time", Lewis says that a university is a __________ for the pursuit of learning.
(a) Society.
(b) Club.
(c) Organization.
(d) Institution.

3. Lewis states in "The Weight of Glory" that a Christian in relation to heaven is in the same position as which example?
(a) General.
(b) Schoolboy.
(c) Husband.
(d) Teacher.

4. In regard to poetry, Lewis says what in "Is Theology Poetry?" about the Old and New Testaments?
(a) Old Testament is less poetical than New.
(b) New Testament is less poetical than Old.
(c) Neither are very poetical.
(d) Both are equally poetical.

5. Lewis states, when discussing intense aesthetic rapture, that if he tries to catch the feeling it produces, what happens?
(a) He often loses track of the aesthetic experience.
(b) He grasps only a physical sensation.
(c) Nothing ever happens.
(d) He gets frustrated.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Inner Ring", Lewis says what about the existence of inner rings?

2. With what famous author does Lewis begin "The Inner Ring"?

3. To which famous philosopher does Lewis refer at the end of "The Inner Ring"?

4. Lewis describes, in "Why I am Not a Pacifist," a belief that human history is a unilinear movement from worse to better. What term does he use for this belief?

5. What, according to "Transposition", is the relationship between the spiritual and the natural?

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