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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. What is Lewis' opinion of the tendency of Christmas shopping to stimulate the economy?
(a) He endorses it.
(b) He doesn't believe arbitrary consumption helps it.
(c) He believes it is not worth the other costs.
(d) He denies that people spend more near Christmas.

2. Which of the following is one of the difficulties in engaging the average Englishmen in a theological discussion?
(a) Insistence on logic over intuition.
(b) Educational differences.
(c) Secular thought.
(d) Linguistic differences.

3. In Part I, Essay 1, "Evil and God", Lewis states that according to dualism, why is the concept of good itself good?
(a) It is objectively superior.
(b) It promotes life.
(c) It is not evil.
(d) We prefer it.

4. Lewis argues against discounting an argument just because the speaker does what?
(a) Expresses himself poorly.
(b) Changes his opinion.
(c) Makes a fool of himself.
(d) Ignores his own advice.

5. Overall, Lewis feels that vivisection should be treated in what way?
(a) It should be continued.
(b) It should be free from criticism.
(c) It should be outlawed.
(d) It should be criticized.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do secularism and paganism compare to Christianity as belief systems, according to Lewis?

2. Pittenger does not believe there is a scriptural basis for which of Jesus' claims?

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

4. What did the woman believe the vision she experienced in Part I, Essay 2, "Miracles" was?

5. 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?

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