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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which poet does Lewis refer in "The Inner Ring"?
(a) Bacon.
(b) Frost.
(c) Shelley.
(d) Byron.

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

3. In his discussion of transposition, Lewis says that the lower medium can be understood only if what is also true?
(a) Knowing the higher medium.
(b) Lower medium is studied.
(c) Not knowing the higher medium.
(d) A higher medium exists.

4. Lewis states, when discussing intense aesthetic rapture, that if he tries to catch the feeling it produces, what happens?
(a) He grasps only a physical sensation.
(b) He gets frustrated.
(c) He often loses track of the aesthetic experience.
(d) Nothing ever happens.

5. In "The Inner Ring", Lewis says that the hint toward a certain path will likely come just as one is anxious not to appear to be all but which of the following?
(a) Prig.
(b) Crude.
(c) Poor.
(d) Naive.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. While discussing the cynic's questions about religion, Lewis says that religious language and imagery contains nothing that has not been borrowed from what?

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

5. Lewis says in "The Inner Ring" that an egoist is all but which of the following?

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