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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which analogy does Lewis use when discussing the seeming pointlessness of continuing education during a war?
(a) A race against time.
(b) Not having enough sense to come in out of the rain.
(c) Talking to a brick wall.
(d) Fiddling while Rome burns.

2. According to "Why I am Not a Pacifist", basic moral intuitions are the only element of ______________ that cannot be argued about.
(a) Reason.
(b) Logic.
(c) Conscience.
(d) Precedent.

3. While talking about his experience in war, Lewis says he found what as he got closer to the front lines?
(a) Religion became less important.
(b) Religion became more important.
(c) Everyone spoke more about the war.
(d) Everyone spoke less about the war.

4. What example does Lewis say in "Transposition" is the most familiar when discussing adaptation from a richer medium to a poorer?
(a) Music.
(b) Drawing.
(c) Composition.
(d) Sculpture.

5. What is the first Pacifist position ruled out by Lewis in "Why I am Not a Pacifist"?
(a) It is too expensive to fight wars.
(b) Wars do more harm than good.
(c) Killing of human beings is always wrong.
(d) War is evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. While talking about duty during wartime, Lewis says that the rescue of drowning men is a duty worth dying for but not worth what?

2. Lewis states that we are half-hearted creatures because, when offered infinite joy, we fool around with all but which of the following instead?

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

4. Lewis opens "Why I am Not a Pacifist" by saying military service can be all but which of the following?

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

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