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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. While talking about his war experience, Lewis refers to which of the following famous works?
(a) The Art of War.
(b) Henry V.
(c) The Sebastopol Sketches.
(d) The Iliad.

3. In "Why I am Not a Pacifist", Lewis says he believes the art of life consists in tackling _______________ as well as we can.
(a) World war.
(b) World hunger.
(c) Suffering.
(d) Immediate evil.

4. If asked about the greatest virtue, as discussed in "The Weight of Glory", Lewis says the great Christians of old would have responded with which answer?
(a) Courage.
(b) Unselfishness.
(c) Love.
(d) Humility.

5. 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?
(a) Zest.
(b) Éclat.
(c) Charisma.
(d) Panache.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Lewis says toward the end of "Transposition" that our natural experiences are like a drawing. He is referring to all but which of the following experiences?

3. What, according to "Transposition", is the relationship between the spiritual and the natural?

4. According to Lewis in "Learning in War-time", why must good philosophy exist?

5. While talking about his experience in war, Lewis says he found what as he got closer to the front lines?

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