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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When discussing mental exercises to defend the scholar against war, what does Lewis give as the second enemy?
(a) Frustration.
(b) Love.
(c) Fear.
(d) Excitement.

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) Himself.
(b) Satan.
(c) Caesar.
(d) His nation.

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

4. As "Why I am Not a Pacifist" closes, Lewis says that we have learned that though the world is slow to forgive, it is what?
(a) Quick to anger.
(b) Lacking in memory.
(c) Quick to remember.
(d) Quick to forget.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to "Why I am Not a Pacifist", basic moral intuitions are the only element of ______________ that cannot be argued about.

3. Lewis comments, when discussing the appropriateness of scholarship during war, that our tendency to focus on things other than war is our nature rather than what?

4. Lewis states that we are half-hearted creatures because, when offered infinite joy, we fool around with all but which of the following instead?

5. While talking about his war experience, Lewis refers to which of the following famous works?

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