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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. Which of the following best states Lewis' opinion on a Christian political party?
(a) It would be highly successful.
(b) It would drive away moderates.
(c) It would be a liability to the church.
(d) It would be unstable.

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

3. Which of the following does Lewis NOT see as a major adversary for Christian philosophy?
(a) Secularism.
(b) Marxism.
(c) Spiritualism.
(d) Materialism.

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

5. The philosopher J.J.C. Smart distinguishes between whether an institution of moral rules is a good and idea and what?
(a) Whether it can be implemented.
(b) What is just.
(c) One's own moral beliefs.
(d) What is ordained by faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis disagrees with what common response to crime?

2. What problem does Lewis identify in the English justice system with regard to victims?

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

4. Lewis fears that doctrinal issues will be settled with changes in what?

5. Which of the following does Lewis specifically reject as a reason to allow women to be priests?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lewis find lacking in the "Liberal" or "Modernist" churches?

2. According to Lewis, how do most modern people approach the subject of God, and how should the subject be approached?

3. What practical reasons does Lewis give to reject the idea of women serving as priests?

4. What is Bulverism?

5. According to Lewis' writings in Part II, Essay 15, "Before We Can Communicate", what challenges do Christians face in dealing with non-believing Englishmen?

6. Why is Lewis opposed to the commercialism of Christmas?

7. What reasons does Lewis give to support the idea of women serving as priests?

8. What reasons does Lewis give for being uninterested in hymns?

9. Why does Lewis believe that an outside-in perspective is impossible to attain?

10. According to Lewis, how might vivisection be justified?

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