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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. While talking about his experience in war, Lewis says he found what as he got closer to the front lines?
(a) Religion became less important.
(b) Everyone spoke more about the war.
(c) Religion became more important.
(d) Everyone spoke less about the war.

2. In "Why I am Not a Pacifist", what does Lewis say is the second of three possible ways to interpret the command to turn the other cheek?
(a) Minimizing approach.
(b) Exceptional cases.
(c) Literal interpretation.
(d) Pacifist approach.

3. What emotion does Lewis say he feels when discussing the desire for heaven?
(a) Impatience.
(b) Anger.
(c) Depression.
(d) Shyness.

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the analogies Lewis uses to explain the Christian journey in "The Weight of Glory"?
(a) Longing transforms obedience.
(b) Poetry replaces grammar.
(c) Obedience transforms caution.
(d) Gospel replaces law.

5. 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) Unquestionably essential.
(d) Morally indifferent.

Short Answer 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?

2. 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?

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

4. In refuting Pacifism, which Pope does Lewis say has rejected the Pacifist position?

5. While talking about duty in wartime, Lewis says that God's claim on us is which of the following?

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