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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to "Learning in War-time", why does war fail to absorb our whole attention?
(a) It is too large to comprehend.
(b) It occurs elsewhere.
(c) People don't care.
(d) It is finite.

2. Toward the end of "The Weight of Glory", Lewis says that our merriment must be of people who take each other seriously, which means with none of all but which?
(a) Presumption.
(b) Flippancy.
(c) Superiority.
(d) Spite.

3. Lewis says in "The Weight of Glory" that heaven is, by definition, what?
(a) A mythical place.
(b) The opposite of hell.
(c) What we hope to attain.
(d) Outside our experience.

4. In his discussion of duty during war, Lewis says anyone who completely gives himself to a cause is giving to _______ that which belongs to God.
(a) Satan.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Himself.
(d) His nation.

5. While talking about duty in wartime, Lewis says that God's claim on us is which of the following?
(a) Necessary.
(b) Absolute.
(c) Infinite.
(d) Relentless.

6. In "The Weight of Glory", Lewis says he feels as though he is trying to rip a secret from his audience that they commonly refer to as all but which of the following?
(a) Nostalgia.
(b) Innocence.
(c) Romanticism.
(d) Adolescence.

7. In the opening of "Learning in War-time", Lewis says that a university is a __________ for the pursuit of learning.
(a) Institution.
(b) Club.
(c) Organization.
(d) Society.

8. 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) Not having enough sense to come in out of the rain.
(d) Fiddling while Rome burns.

9. Lewis contends in his discussion of Pacifism that, rather than fanaticism, the best results are obtained by all but which of the following limited objectives?
(a) Prison reform.
(b) Abolition of slave trade.
(c) World peace.
(d) Tuberculosis.

10. What, according to "Why I am Not a Pacifist", is the most useful analogy when figuring out right and wrong?
(a) Reason.
(b) Conscience.
(c) Precedent.
(d) Logic.

11. What sort of fanatic does Lewis describe in "Why I am Not a Pacifist" who has an unanswerable intuition that strong drink is wrong?
(a) Control.
(b) Temperance.
(c) Excess.
(d) Sobriety.

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

13. When discussing mental exercises to defend the scholar against war, what does Lewis give as the second enemy?
(a) Frustration.
(b) Love.
(c) Fear.
(d) Excitement.

14. In "Why I am Not a Pacifist", what does Lewis say is the first of three possible ways to interpret the command to turn the other cheek?
(a) Minimizing approach.
(b) Literal interpretation.
(c) Pacifist approach.
(d) Exceptional cases.

15. In "The Weight of Glory", Lewis states that he is shocked to find all but which of the following Christians taking heavenly glory quite literally?
(a) Aquinas.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Solomon.
(d) Milton.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Weight of Glory", Lewis says it would be very odd if what people refer to as "falling in love" were to happen where?

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

3. When discussing how we should decide a question of morals, Lewis states that every moral judgment involves all but which of the following?

4. When exploring analogies for the Christian life, Lewis finds that his chosen analogy breaks down where?

5. Lewis states that we are creatures who are every moment advancing toward either heaven or hell, and that we still spend time on all but which of the following trivialities?

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