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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Lewis, what is the impact of not praying on a particular subject?
(a) The meaning of the outcome will be incomprehensible.
(b) The outcome may be different.
(c) The result will be unfavorable.
(d) It has no affect.

2. Pittenger believes that Lewis' argument against naturalism is really a response to what kind of an argument?
(a) A false dilemma.
(b) Special pleading.
(c) A generalization.
(d) A strawman.

3. 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) A storyteller.
(d) An architect.

4. What did the woman see in Part I, Essay 2, "Miracles"?
(a) A halo.
(b) God.
(c) A ghost.
(d) An angel.

5. How does Lewis characterize the difference between Christian and scientific approaches to understanding the world?
(a) They are like two difference lenses.
(b) They are irreconcilable.
(c) They have a different atmosphere.
(d) They are two sides of the same coin.

6. How common is the belief in the conflict between religion and science?
(a) It is almost non-existent in the modern world.
(b) Many people believe in it.
(c) It exists mostly in the media.
(d) Few people believe in it.

7. What belief does Lewis reject in Part I, Essay 1, "Evil and God"?
(a) Materialism.
(b) Agnosticism.
(c) Atheism.
(d) Modernism.

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

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

10. What does Lewis cite as being an important part of the intellectual challenge of faith?
(a) Personal introspection.
(b) Debate.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Theological reading.

11. The argument that human suffering proves that God does not exist is best described as which of the following?
(a) Syntactically unsound.
(b) A strawman argument.
(c) Prima facie.
(d) Begging the question.

12. How does Lewis suggest that higher animals might be able to achieve immortality?
(a) By God's intervention.
(b) By a process of selection.
(c) By becoming part of the family of man.
(d) By evolving larger brains.

13. Why are Christians sometimes hesitant to "witness" to those they care about?
(a) They are unsure of the doctrine behind their beliefs.
(b) They don't think that person deserves to be saved.
(c) They know how much that person could accept.
(d) They are afraid of their beliefs being questioned.

14. Lewis believes that what type of people have a special opportunity to know God?
(a) The clergy.
(b) The charitable.
(c) Women.
(d) Those who suffer.

15. What it is about choosing to aid the sick that might be problematic for a Christian?
(a) Christ died violently and painfully with no aid.
(b) It might interfere with God's plan.
(c) It might be better if they died and went to heaven.
(d) Sufficiently sick people cannot willfully repent of their sins.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Lewis, what is the most important miraculous event in Christianity?

2. Lewis contends that Christianity relates to leading a good life in what way?

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

4. What does Lewis state is left over from the Christian creeds after modern science is accounted for?

5. The terms prayer books often use to describe personal feelings would best be described as which of the following?

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