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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why does Lewis advocate reading older texts?
(a) In order to gain perspective.
(b) There is a large body of commentary on such books.
(c) Modern literature is abjectly bad.
(d) To prevent a bias.
2. A Christian political party would lack which of the following?
(a) Influence.
(b) Poll numbers.
(c) Membership.
(d) Theological authority.
3. Lewis argues against discounting an argument just because the speaker does what?
(a) Makes a fool of himself.
(b) Expresses himself poorly.
(c) Ignores his own advice.
(d) Changes his opinion.
4. Lewis attributes most of the reduction in church attendance in England to what?
(a) Materialism.
(b) Secular government.
(c) The lack of laws for compulsory attendance.
(d) The lack of a central authority for the Church of England.
5. Which of the following best states Lewis' opinion on a Christian political party?
(a) It would be unstable.
(b) It would be a liability to the church.
(c) It would drive away moderates.
(d) It would be highly successful.
6. What is Lewis' opinion about most Christian writing?
(a) It is not aggressive enough.
(b) It is not persuasive enough.
(c) It is inaccurate.
(d) It is bad.
7. Lewis believed that in his time, what was happening to anti-Christian doctrines?
(a) They were on the rise.
(b) They were unpopular.
(c) They were being discredited.
(d) They were very strong.
8. What complaint does the writer in the letter Lewis quotes in Part IV, Letter 5, "A Village Experience" level against their local church?
(a) The local pastor is an inveterate drunk.
(b) The church has become abusive.
(c) The church has neglected their village.
(d) The new pastor does not perform his duties.
9. What is Lewis' stance on compulsory religious activity?
(a) He is quietly in favor of it.
(b) He endorses it.
(c) He is firmly against it.
(d) He is totally neutral on the subject.
10. 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) Religious ceremony.
(c) Pretension.
(d) Prayer.
11. Lewis notes that disagreements from Christian history appear small in what context?
(a) From a scriptural perspective.
(b) From a historical perspective.
(c) From outside the church.
(d) From a layman's point of view.
12. Lewis suggests that Christians attempting to communicate with the outside world should use which of the following in their speaking and writing styles?
(a) Wit.
(b) Humor.
(c) Idioms.
(d) Brevity.
13. In general, the efforts of figures from Nordic mythology would best be considered which of the following?
(a) Triumphant.
(b) Lost causes.
(c) Wise.
(d) Redemptive.
14. How does Lewis regard scientific progress?
(a) It is always good.
(b) It is neutral.
(c) It is usually wrong.
(d) It is nearly always bad.
15. The problems discussed in Part II, Essay 12, "God in the Dock" mainly stem from criticisms of Christianity from what quarter?
(a) Philosophers.
(b) Unbelievers.
(c) Dissenting Christians.
(d) Scientists.
Short Answer Questions
1. Bulverism is essentially antithetical to what?
2. Lewis argues that favoring the indirect view is typical of what era?
3. Lewis states that the opinion that only experts should read old literature is very common in what field?
4. Which of the following does Lewis specifically reject as a reason to allow women to be priests?
5. In the original essay to which Lewis responds in Part IV, Letter 1, "The Conditions for a Just War", what is the final condition?
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