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

2. What type of doctrines does Lewis suggest that apologetics be used to attack?
(a) False doctrines.
(b) New doctrines.
(c) Useless doctrines.
(d) Outdated doctrines.

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

4. The philosopher that Lewis responds to in Part I, Essay 23, "Must Our Image of God Go?" uses a metaphor that compares Jesus to which of the following?
(a) A window.
(b) A vessel.
(c) A doorway.
(d) A sign.

5. How does Lewis state that he "wants" to interpret the Christian creeds?
(a) In scientific terms.
(b) Less literally.
(c) As metaphors.
(d) As being totally literal.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lewis suggest that higher animals might be able to achieve immortality?

2. Bulverism is essentially antithetical to what?

3. According to Lewis, what is the most important miraculous event in Christianity?

4. What element of Christianity does Lewis specifically cite as seeming absurd to scientific thought?

5. Overall, Lewis feels that vivisection should be treated in what way?

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