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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. Lewis points out that the question of being good without being a Christian should be applied to which of the following?
(a) Secular atheists.
(b) The individual.
(c) Society as a whole.
(d) Non-Christian theists.

2. What is the title of the book discussed in Part I, Essay 13, "On the Transmission of Christianity"?
(a) Modern Heretics.
(b) How Heathen is Britain?
(c) Earth Without God.
(d) The Godless Child.

3. According to Lewis, what, besides humans, experiences pain?
(a) Higher animals only.
(b) All animals.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Animal stages.

4. Lewis argues that the commercialism of Christmas is what?
(a) An affront to the church.
(b) Painful and involuntary.
(c) Excessive and idolatrous.
(d) Not Christ-like in any respect.

5. Lewis advocates therapy for criminal offenders of what type?
(a) Former victims.
(b) The clinically insane.
(c) Repeat offenders.
(d) Children.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Lewis states that the opinion that only experts should read old literature is very common in what field?

3. What kinds of sins does Lewis believe are the most important to repent of?

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

5. Lewis argues that observing things from the "outside-in" perspective is which of the following?

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