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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Why I am Not a Pacifist.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sort of fanatic does Lewis describe in "Why I am Not a Pacifist" who has an unanswerable intuition that strong drink is wrong?
(a) Sobriety.
(b) Control.
(c) Excess.
(d) Temperance.

2. In "The Weight of Glory", Lewis says nineteen out of twenty men today would respond that what is the highest of the virtues?
(a) Courage.
(b) Unselfishness.
(c) Humility.
(d) Love.

3. What is Lewis's response when faced with those who claim the Christian life is a mercenary one?
(a) There are different kinds of rewards.
(b) They are unintelligent.
(c) They are unbelievers and shouldn't be listened to.
(d) They are right.

4. Lewis states in "The Weight of Glory" that a Christian in relation to heaven is in the same position as which example?
(a) Husband.
(b) General.
(c) Schoolboy.
(d) Teacher.

5. When discussing the idea of glory, Lewis says that it is perhaps crude but also accurate to describe glory as what?
(a) The ultimate sacrifice.
(b) An inner peace.
(c) Being noticed by God.
(d) A means to an end.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis states in his discussions of different virtues that the negative idea of unselfishness carries the primary suggestion of what?

2. Lewis states in "Learning in War-time" that St. Paul tells people to do what?

3. To which poet does Lewis refer when discussing the secret inside people in "The Weight of Glory"?

4. What is the first Pacifist position ruled out by Lewis in "Why I am Not a Pacifist"?

5. In "The Weight of Glory", Lewis says it would be very odd if what people refer to as "falling in love" were to happen where?

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