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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Essays 1 - 9, 'Bulverism', First and Second Things, The Sermon and the Lunch, The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment, Xmas and Christmas, Delinquents in the Snow, Is Progress Possible?, We Have No 'Right to Happiness'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part II, Essay 16, "Cross-Examination", Lewis specifically denies that an experience of God can be brought on through what means?
(a) Religious ceremony.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Will and writing.
(d) Pretension.

2. What does Lewis regard as being essential to achieving the "freeborn mind"?
(a) An official state religion.
(b) Economic independence.
(c) Quality eduction.
(d) Spiritual harmony.

3. Joad believed that various philosophical theories of human evolution were which of the following?
(a) Childish.
(b) True.
(c) False.
(d) Irrational.

4. Lewis contends that Corineous intends to treat Christianity in what way?
(a) As an inferior religion.
(b) As only a myth.
(c) As the only valid faith.
(d) As a provable fact.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Joad argues that Lewis' point about animal stages does not apply to what type of animals?

2. What is the attitude of Christianity towards self-love?

3. The argument that human suffering proves that God does not exist is best described as which of the following?

4. Lewis asserts that what is necessary in order to know what is "good"?

5. In the title of the essay in Part II, Essay 12, "God in the Dock", the term "in the dock" refers to a condition in which what happens?

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