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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Essays 6 - 11, 'Horrid Red Things', Religion and Science, The Laws of Nature, The Grand Miracle, Christian Apologetics, Work and Prayer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What justification does Joad give for his preference of belief in Part I, Essay 1, "Evil and God"?
(a) The existence of faith.
(b) The evil nature of man.
(c) The horrors of World War II.
(d) The presence of good acts in the world.

2. In Part I, Essay 1, "Evil and God", what state does Lewis assert that the concepts of good and evil have failed to reach?
(a) The ground of being.
(b) An equitable plane.
(c) Syntactical uniqueness.
(d) Objective reality.

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

4. Which of the following religions does Lewis suggest cannot be believed without the occurrence of miraculous events?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Islam.
(c) Polytheism.
(d) Christianity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Joad believed that various philosophical theories of human evolution were which of the following?

2. What did the woman see in Part I, Essay 2, "Miracles"?

3. Apologetics is best described as which of the following?

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

5. In Part I, Essay 1, "Evil and God", Lewis states that according to dualism, why is the concept of good itself good?

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