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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Slip of the Tongue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Why I am Not a Pacifist", Lewis says he believes the art of life consists in tackling _______________ as well as we can.
(a) World war.
(b) Suffering.
(c) World hunger.
(d) Immediate evil.

2. "Membership" states that obedience is the road to what?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Personality.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Peace.

3. When discussing the concept of unity, Lewis gives the example of all but which of the following characters from "The Wind in the Willows"?
(a) Toad.
(b) Mole.
(c) Rat.
(d) Badger.

4. In "Learning in War-time", Lewis quotes which author as saying "to offer to the author of truth the unclean sacrifice of a lie"?
(a) Wordsworth.
(b) Bacon.
(c) Shelley.
(d) Tolstoi.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Is Theology Poetry?" how does Lewis define theology?

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

3. In "On Forgiveness", Lewis says that in our own cases of sin we do what?

4. In regard to poetry, Lewis says what in "Is Theology Poetry?" about the Old and New Testaments?

5. In "Is Theology Poetry?" Lewis says that Europe took a major interest in classical mythology during which periods?

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