|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Why I am Not a Pacifist.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In "Why I am Not a Pacifist", Lewis says he believes the art of life consists in tackling _______________ as well as we can.
(a) Immediate evil.
(b) World war.
(c) World hunger.
(d) Suffering.
2. Lewis opens "Why I am Not a Pacifist" by saying military service can be all but which of the following?
(a) Morally obligatory.
(b) Wicked action.
(c) Morally indifferent.
(d) Unquestionably essential.
3. In "Learning in War-time", Lewis states that before he became a Christian he did not fully realize that life would consist of doing what?
(a) The same things as before.
(b) A large amount of charity.
(c) Nothing the same as before.
(d) Hours worth of prayer.
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?
(a) Life.
(b) Reason.
(c) Progress.
(d) Logic.
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) Pleasure in being praised.
(c) Desire to behave well.
(d) Curiosity about God.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "Why I am Not a Pacifist", what does Lewis say is the first of three possible ways to interpret the command to turn the other cheek?
2. As "Why I am Not a Pacifist" closes, Lewis says that we have learned that though the world is slow to forgive, it is what?
3. In his discussion of right and wrong, Lewis says that any concrete train of reasoning involves all but which of the following elements?
4. 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?
5. In the discussion of how to respond to military service, Lewis states that the decision is generally made by what?
|
This section contains 336 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |
|



