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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why, according to Lewis, are good and evil paired together?
(a) They are objectively diametrically opposed.
(b) Human language paired them.
(c) There is no reason for their pairing.
(d) Artificial human beliefs brought them together.

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

3. Lewis contends that real change in a person occurs in what way?
(a) With external behaviors.
(b) With internal thoughts and feelings.
(c) Slowly and usually not at all.
(d) In their place in the community.

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

5. Joad argues that Lewis' point about animal stages does not apply to what type of animals?
(a) Invertebrates.
(b) Colony dwelling animals.
(c) Higher animals.
(d) Apes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis contends that most people will realize that without Christianity what will happen to them?

2. According to materialism, reasoning is the result of what?

3. What does Joad say about standard attempt to explain the problem of human pain?

4. How does Lewis view the laws of the universe?

5. Lewis points out that the question of being good without being a Christian should be applied to which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Lewis' argument in Part I, Essay 12, "Man or Rabbit?", what are the difficulties of using Christianity to become a better person ?

2. What is the purpose of the prayer books according to Lewis?

3. What does Lewis believe about the roles of suffering and discomfort in Christianity?

4. What argument does Lewis make to suggest that science incapable of invalidating religion?

5. What is an "animal stage"?

6. What does Dr. Pittenger say about Lewis' arguments in his earlier works?

7. According to Lewis' writings in Part I, Essay 17, "Answers to Question on Christianity", what is problematic for Christians about healing the sick, and why is this action acceptable anyways?

8. How are schoolboys taught Christianity in England?

9. According to Lewis, how could a Materialist lead a good life without Christianity?

10. Explain Lewis' argument that science does not undermine the occurrence of miracles.

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