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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. In the discussion of how to respond to military service, Lewis states that the decision is generally made by what?
(a) Individuals.
(b) Religion.
(c) Government.
(d) Conscience.

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

3. In "Why I am Not a Pacifist" Lewis says that were he to be a Pacifist, he would go against the writings of all but which of the following?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Plato.
(c) Cicero.
(d) Gandhi.

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

5. 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) Fear of the unknown.
(b) Curiosity about God.
(c) Pleasure in being praised.
(d) Desire to behave well.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When discussing the promises of scripture, Lewis states that they can be roughly reduced to how many topics?

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

4. Lewis describes, in "Why I am Not a Pacifist," a belief that human history is a unilinear movement from worse to better. What term does he use for this belief?

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

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