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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Essays 1 - 10, Dangers of National Repentance, Two Ways with the Self, Meditation on the Third Commandment, On the Reading of Old Books, Two Lectures, Meditation in a Toolshed, Scraps, The Decline of Religion, Vivisection, Modern Translations of.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What justification does Joad give for his preference of belief in Part I, Essay 1, "Evil and God"?
(a) The presence of good acts in the world.
(b) The existence of faith.
(c) The horrors of World War II.
(d) The evil nature of man.

2. Which of the following is one of the options that Joad believed rational persons must choose from?
(a) Universalism.
(b) Moral relativism.
(c) Athiesm.
(d) Monotheism.

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

4. The general condition of mankind according to Christianity is which of the following?
(a) Ideal.
(b) Hateful.
(c) Incomplete.
(d) Satisfactory.

5. Lewis hoped that his club would adopt what type of a political viewpoint?
(a) Libertarian.
(b) Conservative.
(c) Liberal.
(d) Neutral.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lewis advise translators not to do in creating modern translations of the bible?

2. Lewis contends that Christianity relates to leading a good life in what way?

3. According to Lewis, how does God view death?

4. Pittenger does not believe there is a scriptural basis for which of Jesus' claims?

5. Lewis believes that the laws of nature are NOT which of the following?

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