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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Progress.
(b) Logic.
(c) Reason.
(d) Life.

3. 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) Precedent.
(c) Reasoning.
(d) Facts.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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?

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

4. Lewis states in "The Weight of Glory" that a Christian in relation to heaven is in the same position as which example?

5. In discussing war's effect on humanity, Lewis says that human life has always been lived where?

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