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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 forget.
(d) Quick to remember.

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

3. In "The Weight of Glory", Lewis says nineteen out of twenty men today would respond that what is the highest of the virtues?
(a) Humility.
(b) Unselfishness.
(c) Courage.
(d) Love.

4. "Learning in War-time" says that all our activities will be accepted as long as what occurs?
(a) They are allowed by the church.
(b) They are offered to God.
(c) The intention is good.
(d) Prayers are said.

5. Lewis gives the example of Pepys in his discussion of transposition, saying that Pepys experienced the same sensation from all but which of the following?
(a) Love.
(b) Food.
(c) Sickness.
(d) Music.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When discussing mental exercises to defend the scholar against war, what does Lewis give as the second enemy?

3. To which poet does Lewis refer when discussing the secret inside people in "The Weight of Glory"?

4. Toward the end of "The Weight of Glory", Lewis says that our merriment must be of people who take each other seriously, which means with none of all but which?

5. While discussing Pacifism, Lewis mentions that he believes only one world religion is truly Pacifist. To which religion does he refer?

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