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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Essays 11 - 16, Priestesses in the Church?, God in the Dock, Behind the Scenes, Revival or Decay?, Before We Can Communicate, Cross-Examination.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The content of Part I, Essay 20, "The Pains of Animals" is mostly concerned with what?
(a) Why animals suffer pain.
(b) That animals do not suffer pain.
(c) How human pain is like the pain of animals.
(d) Whether animals suffer pain at all.

2. Lewis believes that faith cannot be based solely on which of the following?
(a) Introspection.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) A sense of the divine.
(d) Prayer.

3. Joad argues that attempts to explain away evil usually have what quality?
(a) Truth.
(b) Dishonesty.
(c) Queasiness.
(d) Uncertainty.

4. Which of the following is not a good use of apologetics, according to Lewis?
(a) Explaining doctrine.
(b) Arguing against opponents of the faith.
(c) Enforcing doctrine.
(d) Ruling out contradictions in one's own faith.

5. The argument that human suffering proves that God does not exist is best described as which of the following?
(a) Syntactically unsound.
(b) Begging the question.
(c) Prima facie.
(d) A strawman argument.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lewis state is left over from the Christian creeds after modern science is accounted for?

2. In Part II, Essay 11, "Priestesses in the Church?" what social event does Lewis compare the activity of the church to?

3. Which of the following does Lewis NOT see as a major adversary for Christian philosophy?

4. What element of Christianity does Lewis specifically cite as seeming absurd to scientific thought?

5. According to his speech in Part I, Essay 10, "Christian Apologetics", what terms does Lewis prefer to speak on?

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