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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One of the options that Joad believed rational persons were forced to choose from is most like what world religion?
(a) Islam.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Zoroastrianism.

2. According to Lewis, what is the proper way to make probability judgments about events in Christianity?
(a) According to modern science.
(b) According to the actions of God.
(c) According to a sliding scale.
(d) According to a bell curve of unlikely events.

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

4. In Part I, Essay 23 "Must Our Image of God Go?", Lewis argues against what type of an interpretation of the scripture?
(a) Figurative.
(b) Historical.
(c) Literal.
(d) Modern.

5. According to Lewis, how much of Jesus' life is recorded?
(a) Only about two months.
(b) Not enough.
(c) Nine years.
(d) His entire life.

6. What element of modern science does Lewis contend to be most problematic for Christianity?
(a) Relativity.
(b) Classical mechanics.
(c) Quantum mechanics.
(d) Evolution.

7. Which of the following is one word Lewis uses to describe religions that he views to be true?
(a) Light.
(b) Thick.
(c) Fluid.
(d) Tough.

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

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

10. Lewis admits that his earlier writing about the pain of animals was which of the following?
(a) Illogical.
(b) Speculative.
(c) Crude.
(d) Unfinished.

11. Joad believed that various philosophical theories of human evolution were which of the following?
(a) Childish.
(b) False.
(c) Irrational.
(d) True.

12. Lewis believes that faith cannot be based solely on which of the following?
(a) A sense of the divine.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Introspection.
(d) Philosophy.

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

14. Which of the following is one of the options that Joad believed rational persons must choose from?
(a) Athiesm.
(b) Universalism.
(c) Moral relativism.
(d) Monotheism.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. If Jesus' claims about himself were false, he would best be considered which of the following?

3. Lewis warns against using religion and which of the following together in the wrong way?

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

5. In Part I, Essay 1, "Evil and God", Lewis states that according to dualism, why is the concept of good itself good?

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