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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Lewis, how do many Westerners react to miraculous experiences?
(a) It shakes their beliefs.
(b) They ignore them.
(c) They reinterpret them.
(d) They do not report them.

2. According to his speech in Part I, Essay 10, "Christian Apologetics", what terms does Lewis prefer to speak on?
(a) Emotional terms.
(b) Intellectual terms.
(c) Scientific terms.
(d) Religious terms.

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(c) Outdated doctrines.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

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

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

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

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(a) It is outdated.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

9. Lewis denies that animals have which of the following?
(a) Free will.
(b) Thinking minds.
(c) The capacity for pain.
(d) A stream of consciousness.

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

11. What types of matters did the member's of Lewis' club discuss?
(a) Social and religious matters.
(b) Theological and philosophical matters.
(c) Contemporary political matters.
(d) Ethical and moral matters.

12. According to materialism, reasoning is the result of what?
(a) Movements in the brain.
(b) Classical physics.
(c) Unknown physical processes.
(d) Quantum uncertainties.

13. What was Lewis' intent in his original writings about the pain of animals?
(a) To provide a simple framework for discussion.
(b) To prove the superiority of mankind.
(c) To respond to a personal letter not meant for publication.
(d) To rebut arguments against God's existence.

14. What belief has had the biggest effect on the decrease in reports of miracles?
(a) Materialism.
(b) Atheism.
(c) Agnosticism.
(d) Dualism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis contends that dualism gives evil what natures?

2. Lewis suggests that arguments for or against God's existence are which of the following?

3. According to Lewis, how does God view death?

4. Apologetics is best described as which of the following?

5. What is the title of the book discussed in Part I, Essay 13, "On the Transmission of Christianity"?

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