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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. Overall, Lewis feels that vivisection should be treated in what way?
(a) It should be free from criticism.
(b) It should be criticized.
(c) It should be outlawed.
(d) It should be continued.

2. What does Lewis state is left over from the Christian creeds after modern science is accounted for?
(a) Historical events only.
(b) Genealogies.
(c) Psalms, stories, and proverbs.
(d) Many supernatural events.

3. According to Lewis, what is the most important miraculous event in Christianity?
(a) The resurrection of Jesus.
(b) The confirmation of prophecy.
(c) The birth of Jesus.
(d) Jesus' healing of the sick.

4. What concept must be warred against according to Christianity?
(a) Greed.
(b) The ego.
(c) Judgmentalism.
(d) Reason.

5. What causes previous translations of the bible to become worse?
(a) Changed social mores.
(b) Changes over many editions.
(c) The evolution of language.
(d) Evolving doctrine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis states that sound value theories demand what of a definition of evil?

2. What are the most likely products of a state-administered religion?

3. In the analogy that Lewis uses in Part II, Essay 6, "Meditation in a Toolshed", observing the sun from the cracks of light in the roof of a toolshed is compared to what method of learning and knowing?

4. Lewis attributes most of the reduction in church attendance in England to what?

5. Lewis points out that the question of being good without being a Christian should be applied to which of the following?

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