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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Is Theology Poetry?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While talking about his war experience, Lewis refers to which of the following famous works?
(a) The Iliad.
(b) Henry V.
(c) The Sebastopol Sketches.
(d) The Art of War.

2. What famous work by Keats does Lewis say in "Is Theology Poetry?" is even better than ancient mythology?
(a) Ode to Autumn.
(b) Hymn to Apollo.
(c) Endymion.
(d) Hyperion.

3. When discussing the perception that some activities are more worthy of God's attention than others, Lewis says Arnold first used the word "spiritual" to replace what German word?
(a) Geistlich.
(b) Heilig.
(c) Christlichkeit.
(d) Gemütlichkeit.

4. Lewis states in his discussions of different virtues that the negative idea of unselfishness carries the primary suggestion of what?
(a) Being the right kind of person.
(b) Securing good for others.
(c) Reaching a truly enlightened state.
(d) Going without good things ourselves.

5. While discussing mythology and religion, Lewis says that he likes all but which of the following mythologies better than Christianity?
(a) Irish.
(b) Roman.
(c) Greek.
(d) Norse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to "Transposition", is the relationship between the spiritual and the natural?

2. 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?

3. Lewis concludes "Is Theology Poetry?" by saying that Christian theology can fit into all but which of the following things?

4. In "Learning in War-time", Lewis states that before he became a Christian he did not fully realize that life would consist of doing what?

5. If asked about the greatest virtue, as discussed in "The Weight of Glory", Lewis says the great Christians of old would have responded with which answer?

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