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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Membership.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Is Theology Poetry?" what era of tragedy does Lewis describe as one where the protagonist's life is represented by a slowly rising and then quickly falling curve?
(a) Victorian.
(b) Biblical.
(c) Shakespearean.
(d) Elizabethan.

2. What sort of fanatic does Lewis describe in "Why I am Not a Pacifist" who has an unanswerable intuition that strong drink is wrong?
(a) Excess.
(b) Control.
(c) Sobriety.
(d) Temperance.

3. While discussing pagan religion, Lewis states that the plot of the cosmic story involves all but which of the following themes?
(a) Incarnation.
(b) Death.
(c) Rebirth.
(d) Life.

4. Lewis says that, when faced with the question of poetry in theology, he naturally turns to the believer he knows best. To whom does he refer?
(a) God.
(b) His wife.
(c) Himself.
(d) His pastor.

5. Lewis opens "Why I am Not a Pacifist" by saying military service can be all but which of the following?
(a) Morally indifferent.
(b) Morally obligatory.
(c) Wicked action.
(d) Unquestionably essential.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his discussion of fairies, Lewis says that belief in them would spoil the reading of what famous Shakespearean work for him?

2. When discussing religion in private life, Lewis says that we live today in a society starved for all but which of the following?

3. When discussing Christian solitude, Lewis says that Christians are called not to _____________ but to membership in the mystical body.

4. According to "Why I am Not a Pacifist", basic moral intuitions are the only element of ______________ that cannot be argued about.

5. Lewis says in "Membership" that he does not believe God created what kind of world?

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