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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Why I am Not a Pacifist" Lewis says that were he to be a Pacifist, he would go against the writings of all but which of the following?
(a) Plato.
(b) Cicero.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Gandhi.

2. What professor does Lewis quote in "Is Theology Poetry?" as defending evolution simply because creationism is too incredible to believe?
(a) Watson.
(b) Sagan.
(c) Dawkins.
(d) Darwin.

3. In "Is Theology Poetry?" what writer does Lewis reference when talking about the Scientific Outlook?
(a) Robert A. Heinlein.
(b) H.G. Wells.
(c) J.R.R. Tolkien.
(d) George Orwell.

4. In "Why I am Not a Pacifist", what does Lewis say is the second of three possible ways to interpret the command to turn the other cheek?
(a) Minimizing approach.
(b) Exceptional cases.
(c) Pacifist approach.
(d) Literal interpretation.

5. In his discussion of right and wrong, Lewis says that any concrete train of reasoning involves all but which of the following elements?
(a) Making decisions.
(b) Reception of facts.
(c) Arranging facts.
(d) Self-evident truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Why I am Not a Pacifist", what does Lewis say is the first of three possible ways to interpret the command to turn the other cheek?

2. "Membership" says that the modern idea that religion belongs to our private life is all but which of the following?

3. In "Why I am Not a Pacifist", Lewis says he believes the art of life consists in tackling _______________ as well as we can.

4. 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?

5. Lewis states in "Membership" that _____________ is a quantitative term and that therefore love knows nothing of it.

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