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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lewis states in "The Weight of Glory" that no one can enter heaven except as a child, and that ____________is obvious in any good child.
(a) Curiosity about God.
(b) Pleasure in being praised.
(c) Desire to behave well.
(d) Fear of the unknown.

2. In "Is Theology Poetry?" how does Lewis define theology?
(a) Study of God's relation to the universe.
(b) Series of statements about God.
(c) Study of religious truth.
(d) Analysis of God.

3. Lewis says, when discussing transposition, that which of the following relationships is one of transposition?
(a) Mind and body.
(b) None of the answers is correct.
(c) Individual and society.
(d) Heart and soul.

4. Toward the end of "The Weight of Glory", Lewis says that our merriment must be of people who take each other seriously, which means with none of all but which?
(a) Presumption.
(b) Flippancy.
(c) Superiority.
(d) Spite.

5. Lewis states that we are half-hearted creatures because, when offered infinite joy, we fool around with all but which of the following instead?
(a) Drink.
(b) Ambition.
(c) Sex.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Lewis in his discussion of Pacifism, what sort of society tolerates Pacifists?

2. 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?

3. In his discussion of transposition, Lewis says that the word ____________ is not always sufficient to describe the relation between higher and lower mediums.

4. In refuting Pacifism, which Pope does Lewis say has rejected the Pacifist position?

5. 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?

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