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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Inner Ring.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What, according to "Transposition", is the relationship between the spiritual and the natural?
(a) Spiritual is richer than natural.
(b) Natural relies on spiritual.
(c) Natural is richer than spiritual.
(d) Spiritual relies on natural.

3. With what famous author does Lewis begin "The Inner Ring"?
(a) Bacon.
(b) Shelley.
(c) Wordsworth.
(d) Tolstoi.

4. In "Transposition", Lewis says that if anyone watches the relationship between emotions and sensations he will discover all but which of the following?
(a) Senses use one sensation to express multiple emotions.
(b) Emotion is separate and unconnected.
(c) Nerves do respond to emotions.
(d) Nerves have fewer resources than emotion.

5. Lewis states in "The Weight of Glory" that a Christian in relation to heaven is in the same position as which example?
(a) Husband.
(b) Schoolboy.
(c) Teacher.
(d) General.

Short Answer 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?

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. Lewis states in "The Weight of Glory" that no one can enter heaven except as a child, and that ____________is obvious in any good child.

4. What, according to "Why I am Not a Pacifist", is the most useful analogy when figuring out right and wrong?

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

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