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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Transposition.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While discussing the cynic's questions about religion, Lewis says that religious language and imagery contains nothing that has not been borrowed from what?
(a) Literature.
(b) Nature.
(c) Bible.
(d) Pastors.

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

3. Which analogy does Lewis use when discussing the seeming pointlessness of continuing education during a war?
(a) Not having enough sense to come in out of the rain.
(b) Fiddling while Rome burns.
(c) Talking to a brick wall.
(d) A race against time.

4. Lewis says in "The Weight of Glory" that heaven is, by definition, what?
(a) Outside our experience.
(b) A mythical place.
(c) What we hope to attain.
(d) The opposite of hell.

5. Lewis states that we are half-hearted creatures because, when offered infinite joy, we fool around with all but which of the following instead?
(a) Drink.
(b) Sex.
(c) Love.
(d) Ambition.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why, in "Transposition", does Lewis say he wishes to discuss the phenomenon of speaking in tongues?

2. In the opening of "Learning in War-time", Lewis says that a university is a __________ for the pursuit of learning.

3. In "Learning in War-time", Lewis says that the tendency of Christians to avoid mentioning heaven or hell is what?

4. In the discussion of how to respond to military service, Lewis states that the decision is generally made by what?

5. When discussing how we should decide a question of morals, Lewis states that every moral judgment involves all but which of the following?

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