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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. Lewis contends in his discussion of Pacifism that, rather than fanaticism, the best results are obtained by all but which of the following limited objectives?
(a) Prison reform.
(b) Abolition of slave trade.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) World peace.

2. When discussing how we should decide a question of morals, Lewis states that every moral judgment involves all but which of the following?
(a) Intuition.
(b) Facts.
(c) Reasoning.
(d) Precedent.

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

4. What is the second Pacifist position ruled out by Lewis in "Why I am Not a Pacifist"?
(a) War is evil.
(b) Wars do more harm than good.
(c) Killing of human beings is always wrong.
(d) It is too expensive to fight wars.

5. Lewis opens "Why I am Not a Pacifist" by saying military service can be all but which of the following?
(a) Unquestionably essential.
(b) Morally obligatory.
(c) Morally indifferent.
(d) Wicked action.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Learning in War-time", Lewis quotes which author as saying "to offer to the author of truth the unclean sacrifice of a lie"?

2. According to Lewis in his discussion of Pacifism, what sort of society tolerates Pacifists?

3. In "Why I am Not a Pacifist" Lewis says that nothing should be treated as intuition unless what?

4. While discussing Pacifism, Lewis mentions that he believes only one world religion is truly Pacifist. To which religion does he refer?

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?

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