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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Learning in War-time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Ambition.
(b) Sex.
(c) Love.
(d) Drink.

2. When discussing the perception that some activities are more worthy of God's attention than others, Lewis says Arnold first used the word "spiritual" to replace what German word?
(a) Gemütlichkeit.
(b) Heilig.
(c) Geistlich.
(d) Christlichkeit.

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. While talking about duty during wartime, Lewis says that the rescue of drowning men is a duty worth dying for but not worth what?

2. 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.

3. In the opening of "Learning in War-time", Lewis says that a university is a __________ for the pursuit of learning.

4. According to Lewis in "Learning in War-time", if you don't read good books what will happen?

5. While talking about his war experience, Lewis refers to which of the following famous works?

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