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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Joad argues that attempts to explain away evil usually have what quality?
(a) Truth.
(b) Uncertainty.
(c) Dishonesty.
(d) Queasiness.

2. Lewis contends that good and evil powers share what relationship?
(a) They are co-dependent.
(b) They define each other.
(c) They cannot explain one another.
(d) They are inseparable.

3. How is Christianity related to spiritualism, according to Lewis?
(a) It is not a form of spiritualism.
(b) Spiritualism is a subset of Christian beliefs.
(c) Spiritualism is equally valid compared to Christianity.
(d) Christianity invalidates spiritualism.

4. Lewis warns against using religion and which of the following together in the wrong way?
(a) Reason.
(b) Politics.
(c) Argument.
(d) Intellect.

5. The content of Part I, Essay 20, "The Pains of Animals" is mostly concerned with what?
(a) How human pain is like the pain of animals.
(b) Whether animals suffer pain at all.
(c) That animals do not suffer pain.
(d) Why animals suffer pain.

6. Which of the following is not a good use of apologetics, according to Lewis?
(a) Arguing against opponents of the faith.
(b) Ruling out contradictions in one's own faith.
(c) Enforcing doctrine.
(d) Explaining doctrine.

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

8. Lewis hoped that his club would adopt what type of a political viewpoint?
(a) Libertarian.
(b) Liberal.
(c) Conservative.
(d) Neutral.

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(c) Outdated doctrines.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

10. Lewis contends that Christianity relates to leading a good life in what way?
(a) It is unrelated to leading a good life.
(b) It is the only way to lead a good life.
(c) All Christians lead good lives because of their faith.
(d) It helps people lead good lives.

11. Lewis emphasizes what about the evils of World War II?
(a) They were overestimated.
(b) They cannot be completely known.
(c) They were largely undocumented.
(d) They were not unique.

12. What did the woman believe the vision she experienced in Part I, Essay 2, "Miracles" was?
(a) A divine vision.
(b) A prophecy.
(c) Her imagination.
(d) A hallucination.

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

14. What does Joad say about standard attempt to explain the problem of human pain?
(a) They are internally inconsistent.
(b) They are confusing.
(c) They are insufficient.
(d) They make sense.

15. Lewis contends that real change in a person occurs in what way?
(a) With internal thoughts and feelings.
(b) With external behaviors.
(c) Slowly and usually not at all.
(d) In their place in the community.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part I, Essay 9, "The Grand Miracle", Lewis compares the actions of God to those of which of the following?

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

3. How is Christianity transmitted?

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

5. Lewis states that sound value theories demand what of a definition of evil?

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