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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 writers?
(a) Shelley.
(b) Keats.
(c) Wordsworth.
(d) Tolstoi.

2. In "The Weight of Glory", Lewis states that he is shocked to find all but which of the following Christians taking heavenly glory quite literally?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Solomon.
(c) Aquinas.
(d) Milton.

3. What is the first Pacifist position ruled out by Lewis in "Why I am Not a Pacifist"?
(a) Killing of human beings is always wrong.
(b) Wars do more harm than good.
(c) War is evil.
(d) It is too expensive to fight wars.

4. Lewis states in "Learning in War-time" that St. Paul tells people to do what?
(a) Get on with their jobs.
(b) Live as best they can.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) Follow all the rules.

5. In discussing war's effect on humanity, Lewis says that human life has always been lived where?
(a) On the edge of a precipice.
(b) Behind closed doors.
(c) Within an unsustainable model.
(d) Out in the open.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Transposition", Lewis says that if anyone watches the relationship between emotions and sensations he will discover all but which of the following?

2. In "Is Theology Poetry?" what mythological person does Lewis say has a far more heroic appeal than the Christian God?

3. Lewis says in "The Weight of Glory" that heaven is, by definition, what?

4. Which analogy does Lewis use when discussing the seeming pointlessness of continuing education during a war?

5. Lewis comments, when discussing the appropriateness of scholarship during war, that our tendency to focus on things other than war is our nature rather than what?

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