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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Is Theology Poetry?.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In regard to poetry, Lewis says what in "Is Theology Poetry?" about the Old and New Testaments?
(a) Both are equally poetical.
(b) Old Testament is less poetical than New.
(c) New Testament is less poetical than Old.
(d) Neither are very poetical.
2. In "The Weight of Glory", Lewis says he feels as though he is trying to rip a secret from his audience that they commonly refer to as all but which of the following?
(a) Nostalgia.
(b) Innocence.
(c) Adolescence.
(d) Romanticism.
3. In his discussion of transposition, Lewis says that the lower medium can be understood only if what is also true?
(a) Knowing the higher medium.
(b) A higher medium exists.
(c) Lower medium is studied.
(d) Not knowing the higher medium.
4. Lewis states, when discussing intense aesthetic rapture, that if he tries to catch the feeling it produces, what happens?
(a) Nothing ever happens.
(b) He grasps only a physical sensation.
(c) He gets frustrated.
(d) He often loses track of the aesthetic experience.
5. In "Is Theology Poetry?" how does Lewis define theology?
(a) Study of religious truth.
(b) Analysis of God.
(c) Study of God's relation to the universe.
(d) Series of statements about God.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "Transposition", Lewis says that we often feel as though the vision of God will destroy our nature and that this feeling underlies our use of all but which of these words?
2. Which of the following groups does Lewis NOT mention as fanatical in "Why I am Not a Pacifist"?
3. Lewis states that we are half-hearted creatures because, when offered infinite joy, we fool around with all but which of the following instead?
4. While talking about his war experience, Lewis refers to which of the following famous works?
5. Lewis says in "The Weight of Glory" that heaven is, by definition, what?
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