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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. According to Lewis, what is the most important miraculous event in Christianity?
(a) The birth of Jesus.
(b) The resurrection of Jesus.
(c) The confirmation of prophecy.
(d) Jesus' healing of the sick.

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

5. According to Lewis, Christianity holds what believe about myth?
(a) It is of equal importance with facts.
(b) It is less important than facts.
(c) It became fact.
(d) It is more important than facts.

6. The philosopher that Lewis responds to in Part I, Essay 23, "Must Our Image of God Go?" holds what position?
(a) Deacon.
(b) Professor emeritus.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Dean.

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(d) Outdated doctrines.

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

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

10. 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 know little about history.
(c) They have no sense of sin.
(d) They are intellectually dishonest.

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

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

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

14. What justification does Joad give for his preference of belief in Part I, Essay 1, "Evil and God"?
(a) The existence of faith.
(b) The presence of good acts in the world.
(c) The evil nature of man.
(d) The horrors of World War II.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the most likely products of a state-administered religion?

2. What did the woman believe the vision she experienced in Part I, Essay 2, "Miracles" was?

3. Pittenger does not believe there is a scriptural basis for which of Jesus' claims?

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

5. The content of Part I, Essay 20, "The Pains of Animals" is mostly concerned with what?

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