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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the analogies Lewis uses to explain the Christian journey in "The Weight of Glory"?
(a) Obedience transforms caution.
(b) Longing transforms obedience.
(c) Poetry replaces grammar.
(d) Gospel replaces law.

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

3. According to "Learning in War-time", why does war fail to absorb our whole attention?
(a) It occurs elsewhere.
(b) It is finite.
(c) It is too large to comprehend.
(d) People don't care.

4. 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) Milton.
(b) Solomon.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Aquinas.

5. 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) Spite.
(c) Flippancy.
(d) Superiority.

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion does Lewis say he feels when discussing the desire for heaven?

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

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

5. What happens at the end of Lewis's analogy when the boy in the dungeon learns that there are no pencil marks in the outside world?

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