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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. Lewis points out that the question of being good without being a Christian should be applied to which of the following?
(a) Society as a whole.
(b) The individual.
(c) Secular atheists.
(d) Non-Christian theists.

2. Lewis states that sound value theories demand what of a definition of evil?
(a) It is the opposite of good.
(b) It is a perversion of good.
(c) It is lacking everything that goodness has.
(d) It is syntactically identical to good.

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

4. According to Lewis, what is the impact of not praying on a particular subject?
(a) The result will be unfavorable.
(b) The meaning of the outcome will be incomprehensible.
(c) The outcome may be different.
(d) It has no affect.

5. How does Lewis state that he "wants" to interpret the Christian creeds?
(a) As being totally literal.
(b) Less literally.
(c) In scientific terms.
(d) As metaphors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the audience for the lecture transcribe in Part I, Essay 10, "Christian Apologetics"?

2. What does Lewis state is left over from the Christian creeds after modern science is accounted for?

3. Lewis contends that good and evil powers share what relationship?

4. According to Lewis, what, besides humans, experiences pain?

5. What are the most likely products of a state-administered religion?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the answering of prayers not always necessitate supernatural intervention?

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

3. According to Lewis' writings in Part I, Essay 19, "What Are We to Make of Jesus Christ", what possible contradiction makes it difficult to discount the miracles associated with the life of Jesus?

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

5. Why does Lewis believe that philosophy alone is insufficient for faith?

6. Why does Lewis believe that pain is evidence of the existence of God?

7. How is Christianity transmitted, according to Lewis' writings in Part I, Essay 13, "On the Transmission of Christianity"?

8. Why did Lewis formulate his theories about the suffering of animals?

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

10. Explain the distinction that Lewis makes between thinking and imagining.

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