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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Weight of Glory", Lewis says he thinks the idea that desiring good for ourselves and enjoying it is bad comes from which philosopher's thoughts?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Aquinas.
(c) Kant.
(d) Pascal.

2. 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?
(a) Lacking in memory.
(b) Quick to remember.
(c) Quick to forget.
(d) Quick to anger.

3. Which of the following does Lewis quote in "Transposition" in his attempt to refute religious critics?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) Beowulf.
(c) Pepys' Diary.
(d) A Modest Proposal.

4. In discussing war's effect on humanity, Lewis says that human life has always been lived where?
(a) On the edge of a precipice.
(b) Within an unsustainable model.
(c) Out in the open.
(d) Behind closed doors.

5. While talking about his war experience, Lewis refers to which of the following famous writers?
(a) Shelley.
(b) Wordsworth.
(c) Tolstoi.
(d) Keats.

6. 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) Christlichkeit.
(c) Heilig.
(d) Geistlich.

7. When discussing heaven, Lewis states that he does not believe his desire for Paradise proves what?
(a) That God exists.
(b) That others cannot achieve it.
(c) That it exists.
(d) That he will enjoy it.

8. In the opening of "Transposition", Lewis says that which person seems to have been embarrassed by the phenomenon of speaking in tongues?
(a) John.
(b) Luke.
(c) Paul.
(d) Mark.

9. In "Learning in War-time", Lewis says that the tendency of Christians to avoid mentioning heaven or hell is what?
(a) Spiritual prudery.
(b) Wishful thinking.
(c) Foolish nonsense.
(d) Great wisdom.

10. In "Learning in War-time", Lewis states that before he became a Christian he did not fully realize that life would consist of doing what?
(a) Hours worth of prayer.
(b) The same things as before.
(c) A large amount of charity.
(d) Nothing the same as before.

11. Lewis gives the example of Pepys in his discussion of transposition, saying that Pepys experienced the same sensation from all but which of the following?
(a) Music.
(b) Sickness.
(c) Food.
(d) Love.

12. In his discussion of transposition, Lewis says that the word ____________ is not always sufficient to describe the relation between higher and lower mediums.
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Semantics.

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

14. 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) Courage.
(d) Unselfishness.

15. Which of the following groups does Lewis NOT mention as fanatical in "Why I am Not a Pacifist"?
(a) Freudians.
(b) Leninists.
(c) Marxists.
(d) Spiritualists.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis describes, in "Why I am Not a Pacifist," a belief that human history is a unilinear movement from worse to better. What term does he use for this belief?

2. What happens at the end of Lewis's analogy when the boy in the dungeon learns that there are no pencil marks in the outside world?

3. What, according to "Transposition", is the relationship between the spiritual and the natural?

4. In "Why I am Not a Pacifist" Lewis says that were he to be a Pacifist, he would go against the writings of all but which of the following?

5. According to "Why I am Not a Pacifist", basic moral intuitions are the only element of ______________ that cannot be argued about.

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