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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lewis believe about the birth of St. John the Baptist?
(a) It was not foretold by prophecy.
(b) It was perfectly ordinary.
(c) It was almost certainly miraculous.
(d) It was not the same miracle as the birth of Jesus Christ.

2. Overall, Lewis feels that vivisection should be treated in what way?
(a) It should be outlawed.
(b) It should be criticized.
(c) It should be continued.
(d) It should be free from criticism.

3. What kinds of sins does Lewis believe are the most important to repent of?
(a) National sins.
(b) Sins caused by one's inaction.
(c) Sins caused by one's actions.
(d) Shared sins.

4. Lewis argues that observing things from the "outside-in" perspective is which of the following?
(a) Natural.
(b) A gift of the spirit.
(c) Impossible.
(d) Akin to meditation.

5. Lewis credits the work of what famous thinker with causing rational people to be concerned mainly with why things are true, rather than whether or not they are true?
(a) Kant.
(b) Hume.
(c) Freud.
(d) Descartes

6. How many conditions were laid on in the original essay to which Lewis responds in Part IV, Letter 1, "The Conditions for a Just War"?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

7. Lewis advocates therapy for criminal offenders of what type?
(a) Former victims.
(b) The clinically insane.
(c) Children.
(d) Repeat offenders.

8. Which of the following best states Lewis' opinion on a Christian political party?
(a) It would be a liability to the church.
(b) It would drive away moderates.
(c) It would be unstable.
(d) It would be highly successful.

9. In the analogy that Lewis uses in Part II, Essay 6, "Meditation in a Toolshed", observing the sun from the cracks of light in the roof of a toolshed is compared to what method of learning and knowing?
(a) Indirect observation.
(b) Introspection.
(c) Confirmation bias.
(d) Scientific study.

10. Lewis believes that sexual permissiveness will eventually result an a society unfriendly to what group?
(a) The elderly.
(b) Women.
(c) Children.
(d) Married couples.

11. Most female spiritual leaders in the Old Testament were which of the following?
(a) Rabbis.
(b) Prophets.
(c) Priests.
(d) Judges.

12. Lewis would most likely explain the creation of wine through natural processes as which of the following?
(a) Incidental confirmation of biblical authenticity.
(b) A minor miracle.
(c) A metaphor.
(d) A part of God's design.

13. Lewis argues that the character of Christianity suggests what type of a role for God?
(a) A nurturing one.
(b) A judgmental one.
(c) A gender-neutral one.
(d) A masculine one.

14. How does Lewis regard scientific progress?
(a) It is nearly always bad.
(b) It is neutral.
(c) It is always good.
(d) It is usually wrong.

15. In Part II, Essay 16, "Cross-Examination", Lewis specifically denies that an experience of God can be brought on through what means?
(a) Will and writing.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Religious ceremony.
(d) Pretension.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lewis believe about the story of Jesus turning water into wine?

2. What is Lewis' opinion about most Christian writing?

3. Bulverism is essentially antithetical to what?

4. In Part II, Essay 11, "Priestesses in the Church?" what social event does Lewis compare the activity of the church to?

5. Lewis suggests that when viewed "behind the scenes", love may appear to be what?

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