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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Essays 19 - 23, What Are We to Make of Jesus Christ?, The Pains of Animals, Is Theism Important?, Rejoinder to Dr Pittenger, Must Our Image of God Go?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Lewis, what is the proper way to make probability judgments about events in Christianity?
(a) According to a sliding scale.
(b) According to the actions of God.
(c) According to a bell curve of unlikely events.
(d) According to modern science.

2. Why, according to Lewis, are good and evil paired together?
(a) There is no reason for their pairing.
(b) They are objectively diametrically opposed.
(c) Artificial human beliefs brought them together.
(d) Human language paired them.

3. 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 sign.
(c) A doorway.
(d) A vessel.

4. How does Lewis suggest that higher animals might be able to achieve immortality?
(a) By God's intervention.
(b) By becoming part of the family of man.
(c) By a process of selection.
(d) By evolving larger brains.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What belief does Joad recommend in the writings that Lewis responds to in Part I, Essay 1, "Evil and God"?

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

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

4. The philosopher that Lewis responds to in Part I, Essay 23, "Must Our Image of God Go?" holds what position?

5. Lewis denies that animals have which of the following?

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