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

2. According to Lewis in "Learning in War-time", why must good philosophy exist?
(a) Bad philosophy must be answered.
(b) Humans need reason to understand things.
(c) It provides a reason to be religious.
(d) It does not need to exist.

3. In "Learning in War-time", Lewis says that the tendency of Christians to avoid mentioning heaven or hell is what?
(a) Great wisdom.
(b) Wishful thinking.
(c) Spiritual prudery.
(d) Foolish nonsense.

4. Lewis comments, when discussing the appropriateness of scholarship during war, that our tendency to focus on things other than war is our nature rather than what?
(a) Éclat.
(b) Zest.
(c) Charisma.
(d) Panache.

5. 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) Christlichkeit.
(b) Geistlich.
(c) Gemütlichkeit.
(d) Heilig.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the analogies Lewis uses to explain the Christian journey in "The Weight of Glory"?

2. Which of the following analogies does Lewis NOT use when talking about childlike humility?

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

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

5. If asked about the greatest virtue, as discussed in "The Weight of Glory", Lewis says the great Christians of old would have responded with which answer?

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