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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Gemütlichkeit.
(b) Geistlich.
(c) Christlichkeit.
(d) Heilig.

2. In the opening of "The Inner Ring", Lewis says that he will not attempt to talk about what?
(a) Current affairs.
(b) Religion.
(c) Life.
(d) Morals.

3. When discussing the possible future of his audience, Lewis says that for nine out of ten of them the choice will come which could lead to what?
(a) Love.
(b) Fortune.
(c) Inner Ring.
(d) Scoundrelism.

4. 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?
(a) Pacifist approach.
(b) Literal interpretation.
(c) Exceptional cases.
(d) Minimizing approach.

5. Lewis states that we are half-hearted creatures because, when offered infinite joy, we fool around with all but which of the following instead?
(a) Drink.
(b) Sex.
(c) Ambition.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the second Pacifist position ruled out by Lewis in "Why I am Not a Pacifist"?

3. Lewis states in his discussions of different virtues that the negative idea of unselfishness carries the primary suggestion of what?

4. Lewis states, when discussing intense aesthetic rapture, that if he tries to catch the feeling it produces, what happens?

5. In "Is Theology Poetry?" what mythological person does Lewis say has a far more heroic appeal than the Christian God?

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