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

2. In "Why I am Not a Pacifist", what does Lewis say is the first of three possible ways to interpret the command to turn the other cheek?
(a) Literal interpretation.
(b) Minimizing approach.
(c) Pacifist approach.
(d) Exceptional cases.

3. In the description of the promises of scripture about heaven, Lewis says which of the following?
(a) Only the first should matter.
(b) None of them makes any sense.
(c) Only the third is important.
(d) None of them is well defined.

4. Which of the following groups does Lewis NOT mention as fanatical in "Why I am Not a Pacifist"?
(a) Leninists.
(b) Freudians.
(c) Spiritualists.
(d) Marxists.

5. When discussing mental exercises to defend the scholar against war, what does Lewis give as the third enemy?
(a) Excitement.
(b) Fear.
(c) Frustration.
(d) Love.

Short Answer 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?

2. What, according to "Why I am Not a Pacifist", is the most useful analogy when figuring out right and wrong?

3. Lewis states in "The Weight of Glory" that a Christian in relation to heaven is in the same position as which example?

4. 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?

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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