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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. Which analogy does Lewis use when discussing the seeming pointlessness of continuing education during a war?
(a) Talking to a brick wall.
(b) Not having enough sense to come in out of the rain.
(c) A race against time.
(d) Fiddling while Rome burns.

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

3. When discussing heaven, Lewis states that he does not believe his desire for Paradise proves what?
(a) That it exists.
(b) That he will enjoy it.
(c) That God exists.
(d) That others cannot achieve it.

4. Lewis states, while discussing what scripture promises of heaven, that any idea of Christ we can form now will be what?
(a) Wrong.
(b) Correct.
(c) Irrelevant.
(d) Symbolical.

5. In discussing war's effect on humanity, Lewis says that human life has always been lived where?
(a) Behind closed doors.
(b) On the edge of a precipice.
(c) Out in the open.
(d) Within an unsustainable model.

Short Answer Questions

1. When discussing mental exercises to defend the scholar against war, what does Lewis give as the second enemy?

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. When discussing mental exercises to defend the scholar against war, what does Lewis give as the first enemy?

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. When exploring analogies for the Christian life, Lewis finds that his chosen analogy breaks down where?

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