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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. Why should the Gospels not be considered legend?
(a) Their authenticity has been proved beyond a doubt.
(b) They are too short.
(c) They are not artistic enough.
(d) They are historical documents.

2. Lewis credits the work of what famous thinker with causing rational people to be concerned mainly with why things are true, rather than whether or not they are true?
(a) Kant.
(b) Descartes
(c) Freud.
(d) Hume.

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(c) Outdated doctrines.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

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 vessel.
(b) A doorway.
(c) A window.
(d) A sign.

5. Lewis' books were generally intended to bridge the gap between what types of writing?
(a) Persuasive and religious.
(b) Scientific and theological.
(c) Philosophical and historical.
(d) Scholarly and popular.

Short Answer Questions

1. Corineous asserts that Christianity is which of the following?

2. Lewis advocates therapy for criminal offenders of what type?

3. Joad argues that attempts to explain away evil usually have what quality?

4. Why does Lewis advocate reading older texts?

5. How does Lewis regard scientific progress?

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