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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 emphasizes what about the evils of World War II?
(a) They were overestimated.
(b) They were not unique.
(c) They cannot be completely known.
(d) They were largely undocumented.

2. What does Lewis believe the state of the argument between himself and Joan the subject of human pain to be?
(a) They are in agreement.
(b) He is correct but Joad will not admit it.
(c) They are at an impasse.
(d) Joad has bested him.

3. What did the woman believe the vision she experienced in Part I, Essay 2, "Miracles" was?
(a) A hallucination.
(b) A divine vision.
(c) Her imagination.
(d) A prophecy.

4. Pittenger believes that Lewis' argument against naturalism is really a response to what kind of an argument?
(a) A strawman.
(b) Special pleading.
(c) A false dilemma.
(d) A generalization.

5. In addition to being good, Lewis states that Christianity must be defended for being which of the following?
(a) Universal.
(b) Unchanging.
(c) True.
(d) Loving.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the criticisms that Lewis lays against the common English person in Part I Essay 10, "Christian Apologetics"?

3. Corineous asserts that Christianity is which of the following?

4. How does Lewis state that he "wants" to interpret the Christian creeds?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is an "animal stage"?

2. What are the problems with dualism, according to Lewis?

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

4. What mistakes does Lewis believe that the Bishop of Woolwich makes in his arguments about scripture?

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

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

7. What two premises are necessary for belief in miracles, according to Lewis' argument in Part I, Essay 2, "Miracles"?

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

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

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

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