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

2. In his discussion of duty during war, Lewis says anyone who completely gives himself to a cause is giving to _______ that which belongs to God.
(a) Satan.
(b) His nation.
(c) Himself.
(d) Caesar.

3. When discussing the idea of glory, Lewis says that it is perhaps crude but also accurate to describe glory as what?
(a) A means to an end.
(b) Being noticed by God.
(c) An inner peace.
(d) The ultimate sacrifice.

4. Which of the following groups does Lewis NOT mention as fanatical in "Why I am Not a Pacifist"?
(a) Spiritualists.
(b) Leninists.
(c) Marxists.
(d) Freudians.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. While talking about duty during wartime, Lewis says that the rescue of drowning men is a duty worth dying for but not worth what?

3. What, according to "Why I am Not a Pacifist", is the most useful analogy when figuring out right and wrong?

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

5. Lewis opens "Why I am Not a Pacifist" by saying military service can be all but which of the following?

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