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

2. In Part II, Essay 16, "Cross-Examination", Lewis specifically denies that an experience of God can be brought on through what means?
(a) Will and writing.
(b) Pretension.
(c) Religious ceremony.
(d) Prayer.

3. What does Lewis advise translators not to do in creating modern translations of the bible?
(a) Use idioms.
(b) Use the original Aramaic.
(c) Water it down.
(d) Consult the Catholic church.

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

5. How many conditions were laid on in the original essay to which Lewis responds in Part IV, Letter 1, "The Conditions for a Just War"?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the analogy that Lewis uses in Part II, Essay 6, "Meditation in a Toolshed", observing the sun from the cracks of light in the roof of a toolshed is compared to what method of learning and knowing?

2. Lewis believes that Humanitarianism can lead to what outcome?

3. Lewis believes that sexual permissiveness will eventually result an a society unfriendly to what group?

4. Lewis notes that disagreements from Christian history appear small in what context?

5. Bulverism is essentially antithetical to what?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Lewis' writings in Part II, Essay 2, "Two Ways with the Self", what apparent contradiction exists in Christianity regarding self-love, and how is it resolved?

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

3. What is Lewis' opinion about Christian literature?

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

5. According to Lewis' writings in Part II, Essay 1, "Dangers of National Repentance", what dangers does national repentance present?

6. Why did Lewis believe that the Nazi emphasis on Nordic myth was absurd?

7. Explain the logical fallacy that Lewis cautions against in Part III, Essay 3, "The Sermon and the Lunch"?

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

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

10. How does Lewis feel about the Anglican church allowing Catholic-like invocation of the saints?

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