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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. According to "Learning in War-time", why does war fail to absorb our whole attention?
(a) It is too large to comprehend.
(b) It is finite.
(c) People don't care.
(d) It occurs elsewhere.

2. Which of the following analogies does Lewis NOT use when talking about childlike humility?
(a) Lawyer before judge.
(b) Creature before creator.
(c) Child before father.
(d) Pupil before teacher.

3. In his discussion of right and wrong, Lewis says that any concrete train of reasoning involves all but which of the following elements?
(a) Arranging facts.
(b) Reception of facts.
(c) Self-evident truth.
(d) Making decisions.

4. While talking about his war experience, Lewis refers to which of the following famous writers?
(a) Shelley.
(b) Tolstoi.
(c) Keats.
(d) Wordsworth.

5. 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?
(a) Adolescence.
(b) Nostalgia.
(c) Romanticism.
(d) Innocence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis states in his discussions of different virtues that the negative idea of unselfishness carries the primary suggestion of what?

2. In "The Weight of Glory", Lewis says nineteen out of twenty men today would respond that what is the highest of the virtues?

3. 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.

4. In discussing war's effect on humanity, Lewis says that human life has always been lived where?

5. What is the second Pacifist position ruled out by Lewis in "Why I am Not a Pacifist"?

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