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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Essays 12 - 18, Man or Rabbit?, On the Transmission of Christianity, 'Miserable Offenders', The Founding of the Oxford Socratic Club, Religion without Dogma?, Some Thoughts, 'The Trouble with.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What role does dogma play in a religion, according to Lewis?
(a) It prevents free thought.
(b) It helps to propagate it.
(c) It ties its identity together.
(d) It suppresses dissent.

2. Lewis states that sound value theories demand what of a definition of evil?
(a) It is a perversion of good.
(b) It is syntactically identical to good.
(c) It is the opposite of good.
(d) It is lacking everything that goodness has.

3. What are the most likely products of a state-administered religion?
(a) Conformity and servility.
(b) Religious revolt.
(c) Political dissent.
(d) Emigration and servility.

4. What surprised Lewis about the club that he formed?
(a) That it was imitated by many others.
(b) That it was so successful intellectually.
(c) That there are not more like it.
(d) That it grew so quickly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part I, Essay 8, "Laws of Nature", what was the woman praying for her son to survive?

2. According to Lewis, what should Christians do about death?

3. What does Lewis cite as being an important part of the intellectual challenge of faith?

4. The club that Lewis founded took its name from what philosopher?

5. Lewis contends that good and evil powers share what relationship?

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