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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Essays 12 - 18, Man or Rabbit?, On the Transmission of Christianity, 'Miserable Offenders', The Founding of the Oxford Socratic Club, Religion without Dogma?, Some Thoughts, 'The Trouble with.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lewis believes that what type of people have a special opportunity to know God?
(a) The clergy.
(b) The charitable.
(c) Women.
(d) Those who suffer.

2. According to Lewis, how does God view death?
(a) As a desirable means to bring souls to heaven.
(b) As a natural and planned event.
(c) As a means of punishment.
(d) As an unintended event.

3. What did the woman believe the vision she experienced in Part I, Essay 2, "Miracles" was?
(a) A divine vision.
(b) Her imagination.
(c) A prophecy.
(d) A hallucination.

4. According to Lewis, how do many Westerners react to miraculous experiences?
(a) They reinterpret them.
(b) They do not report them.
(c) It shakes their beliefs.
(d) They ignore them.

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the criticisms that Lewis lays against the common English person in Part I Essay 10, "Christian Apologetics"?
(a) They know little about history.
(b) They have no sense of sin.
(c) They are intellectually dishonest.
(d) They distrust ancient texts.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part I, Essay 8, "Laws of Nature", what was the woman praying for her son to survive?

2. The club that Lewis founded took its name from what philosopher?

3. What it is about choosing to aid the sick that might be problematic for a Christian?

4. How does Lewis state that he "wants" to interpret the Christian creeds?

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

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