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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. Price argues what about religion?
(a) It is outdated.
(b) It is impossible to take seriously.
(c) It is gaining popularity.
(d) It is harmful.

2. What does Lewis believe about the importance of experience?
(a) It is always distorted and unreliable.
(b) It is totally unimportant.
(c) It proves nothing on its own.
(d) It is of paramount importance.

3. Lewis believes that the laws of nature are NOT which of the following?
(a) Causes.
(b) Changeable.
(c) Facts.
(d) Subjective.

4. In Part I, Essay 23 "Must Our Image of God Go?", Lewis argues against what type of an interpretation of the scripture?
(a) Literal.
(b) Figurative.
(c) Historical.
(d) Modern.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis' books were generally intended to bridge the gap between what types of writing?

2. What does Joad say about standard attempt to explain the problem of human pain?

3. What are the most likely products of a state-administered religion?

4. In Part II, Essay 11, "Priestesses in the Church?" what social event does Lewis compare the activity of the church to?

5. Lewis states that language from what book needs the most explanation for an outsider to understand it?

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