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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following religions does Lewis suggest cannot be believed without the occurrence of miraculous events?
(a) Islam.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Polytheism.
(d) Christianity.

2. What does Lewis state is left over from the Christian creeds after modern science is accounted for?
(a) Psalms, stories, and proverbs.
(b) Many supernatural events.
(c) Historical events only.
(d) Genealogies.

3. Lewis contends that Corineous intends to treat Christianity in what way?
(a) As a provable fact.
(b) As only a myth.
(c) As an inferior religion.
(d) As the only valid faith.

4. What role does dogma play in a religion, according to Lewis?
(a) It helps to propagate it.
(b) It prevents free thought.
(c) It suppresses dissent.
(d) It ties its identity together.

5. Lewis would describe Jesus' moral teachings as being which of the following?
(a) Precise.
(b) Sound.
(c) Varied.
(d) Unjustified.

6. What was the audience for the lecture transcribe in Part I, Essay 10, "Christian Apologetics"?
(a) Clergy.
(b) Scientists.
(c) Atheists.
(d) Students.

7. Which of the following is NOT one of the criticisms that Lewis lays against the common English person in Part I Essay 10, "Christian Apologetics"?
(a) They distrust ancient texts.
(b) They have no sense of sin.
(c) They are intellectually dishonest.
(d) They know little about history.

8. What does Lewis believe the state of the argument between himself and Joan the subject of human pain to be?
(a) Joad has bested him.
(b) He is correct but Joad will not admit it.
(c) They are in agreement.
(d) They are at an impasse.

9. In Part I, Essay 9, "The Grand Miracle", Lewis compares the actions of God to those of which of the following?
(a) A bully.
(b) A natural force.
(c) An architect.
(d) A storyteller.

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

11. Joad argues that Lewis' point about animal stages does not apply to what type of animals?
(a) Colony dwelling animals.
(b) Apes.
(c) Invertebrates.
(d) Higher animals.

12. How is Christianity transmitted?
(a) Through personal revelation.
(b) Through a calling all people feel to the bible.
(c) Through cultural enforcement.
(d) Through teaching and outreach.

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

14. How does Lewis view the laws of the universe?
(a) As unimportant types of experiences.
(b) As having a few important exceptions.
(c) As guidelines only.
(d) As having no exceptions.

15. Lewis asserts that what is necessary in order to know what is "good"?
(a) Christian faith.
(b) Introspection.
(c) Dogma.
(d) A creed or world view.

Short Answer Questions

1. What it is about choosing to aid the sick that might be problematic for a Christian?

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

3. What type of doctrines does Lewis suggest that apologetics be used to attack?

4. Lewis contends that real change in a person occurs in what way?

5. Lewis believes that what type of people have a special opportunity to know God?

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