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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lewis advise translators not to do in creating modern translations of the bible?
(a) Consult the Catholic church.
(b) Use the original Aramaic.
(c) Use idioms.
(d) Water it down.

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

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

4. Which of the following does Lewis specifically reject as a reason to allow women to be priests?
(a) Women served spiritual roles in the Old Testament.
(b) Women are essentially equal to men.
(c) One of the apostles was said to be a woman.
(d) Men can be bad priests.

5. What name does Lewis recommend for churches that believe in a high degree of supernatural intervention in the world?
(a) Reformed churches.
(b) High-church.
(c) Deep-church.
(d) Modernist church.

6. A Christian political party would lack which of the following?
(a) Influence.
(b) Membership.
(c) Theological authority.
(d) Poll numbers.

7. According to Lewis, why can the church not treat people at "neuters", as does the state?
(a) Only women can create new life.
(b) Men have a special role in the bible.
(c) It deals directly with life and death.
(d) It is a mystical body.

8. In the response Lewis writes in Part IV, Letter 1, "The Conditions for a Just War", what does Lewis question about the theologians who originally wrote about the conditions for a just war?
(a) Their honesty.
(b) Their educations.
(c) Their command of history.
(d) Their authority.

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

10. In the analogy that Lewis uses in Part II, Essay 6, "Meditation in a Toolshed", how can humans observe the "sun" directly?
(a) Through religious doctrine.
(b) Through divine inspiration.
(c) By setting aside prior commitments.
(d) It is impossible.

11. What is the attitude of Christianity towards self-love?
(a) It emphasizes it up to a point.
(b) It regards it as a minor sin.
(c) It regards it as a virtue.
(d) It seeks to destroy it.

12. What does Lewis believe that the world must place first in order to best understand itself?
(a) The transcendent.
(b) Logical thought.
(c) Reason.
(d) Religion.

13. How relevant does Lewis believe the sex of a person to be in spiritual life?
(a) It is of only minor importance.
(b) It is critical.
(c) It is irrelevant.
(d) It is only important in some respects.

14. What do most people believe about national repentance?
(a) It is unavoidable.
(b) It is abhorrent.
(c) It is a good idea.
(d) It is unnatural.

15. Which of the following is one of the difficulties in engaging the average Englishmen in a theological discussion?
(a) Linguistic differences.
(b) Educational differences.
(c) Insistence on logic over intuition.
(d) Secular thought.

Short Answer Questions

1. What war do most of Lewis' countrymen believe their nation had a part in starting?

2. How does Lewis regard scientific progress?

3. Lewis argues that the commercialism of Christmas is what?

4. In Part II, Essay 14, "Revival or Decay?" Lewis warns against the danger of the increasing worship of what potentially sinful activity?

5. 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?

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