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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. Apologetics is best described as which of the following?
(a) A literal interpretation of the bible.
(b) The factual basis of the scriptures.
(c) A rational defense of the faith.
(d) A logical explanation of church history.

2. Lewis contends that good and evil powers share what relationship?
(a) They are co-dependent.
(b) They are inseparable.
(c) They define each other.
(d) They cannot explain one another.

3. Lewis argues that observing things from the "inside" is which of the following?
(a) Inaccurate.
(b) Impossible.
(c) Part of a larger analysis.
(d) The ideal method.

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the subjects that Lewis states that almost all political parties agree upon?
(a) Security.
(b) A living wage.
(c) The balance of order and freedom.
(d) Taxation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to being good, Lewis states that Christianity must be defended for being which of the following?

2. 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?

3. What is Lewis' opinion about most Christian writing?

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

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

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