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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 story of Jesus turning water into wine?
(a) It is unimportant metaphorically.
(b) It was a historically documented miracle.
(c) It is probably fictional.
(d) It can be explained through natural processes.

2. Lewis notes that disagreements from Christian history appear small in what context?
(a) From a layman's point of view.
(b) From outside the church.
(c) From a historical perspective.
(d) From a scriptural perspective.

3. Lewis argues that favoring the indirect view is typical of what era?
(a) The renaissance.
(b) The enlightenment.
(c) The classical era.
(d) The modern world.

4. Lewis states that the opinion that only experts should read old literature is very common in what field?
(a) Politics.
(b) Theology.
(c) Science.
(d) Philosophy.

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

6. What war do most of Lewis' countrymen believe their nation had a part in starting?
(a) The Vietnam War.
(b) The Cold War.
(c) The Falklands Island War.
(d) World War II.

7. What philosopher does Lewis quote in Part IV, Letter 12, "Capital Punishment and Death Penalty"?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Demosthenes.
(c) Trotsky.
(d) Leibniz.

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

9. In Part II, Essay 14, "Revival or Decay?" Lewis warns against a brewing religion centered around what?
(a) Fantasy.
(b) Paganism.
(c) Folk magic.
(d) Science fiction.

10. The letter that Lewis passes on in Part IV, Letter 5, "A Village Experience" is from what kind of person?
(a) A young man.
(b) A priest.
(c) An elderly woman.
(d) A lawyer.

11. Lewis believed that in his time, what was happening to anti-Christian doctrines?
(a) They were very strong.
(b) They were on the rise.
(c) They were unpopular.
(d) They were being discredited.

12. Lewis suggests that when viewed "behind the scenes", love may appear to be what?
(a) Physiological.
(b) Imaginary.
(c) Psychological.
(d) Biological.

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

14. What core concept in Christianity does Lewis believe to be unfamiliar to most Englishmen?
(a) Judgment.
(b) Sin.
(c) Free will.
(d) Forgiveness.

15. Lewis believes that Humanitarianism can lead to what outcome?
(a) Tyranny.
(b) Recidivism.
(c) More first-time offenders.
(d) Bureaucracy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following best states Lewis' opinion on a Christian political party?

3. One of the lectures presented in Part II, Essay 5, "Two Lectures" suggests that evolution is what?

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

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?

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