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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lewis says in "Transposition" that it may seem strange that an apocalypse can describe heaven with nothing more than all but which of the following?
(a) Thrones.
(b) Crowns.
(c) Angels.
(d) Music.

2. According to Lewis in "Learning in War-time", why must good philosophy exist?
(a) Bad philosophy must be answered.
(b) Humans need reason to understand things.
(c) It provides a reason to be religious.
(d) It does not need to exist.

3. 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) Exceptional cases.
(d) Pacifist approach.

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

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

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

7. While discussing Pacifism, Lewis mentions that he believes only one world religion is truly Pacifist. To which religion does he refer?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Animism.
(c) Hinduism.
(d) Unitarianism.

8. 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?
(a) Reason.
(b) Life.
(c) Progress.
(d) Logic.

9. According to Lewis in his discussion of Pacifism, what sort of society tolerates Pacifists?
(a) Conservative.
(b) Liberal.
(c) Religious.
(d) Anarchist.

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

11. Lewis says, when discussing transposition, that which of the following relationships is one of transposition?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) Mind and body.
(c) Heart and soul.
(d) Individual and society.

12. According to Lewis in "Learning in War-time", the true perspective on the calamity of war is what?
(a) An inevitable situation.
(b) The culmination of our own stubborn behavior.
(c) Something that must be addressed.
(d) Not a new situation.

13. 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) World peace.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Abolition of slave trade.
(d) Prison reform.

14. Lewis states in "The Weight of Glory" that no one can enter heaven except as a child, and that ____________is obvious in any good child.
(a) Pleasure in being praised.
(b) Fear of the unknown.
(c) Desire to behave well.
(d) Curiosity about God.

15. In "The Weight of Glory", Lewis likens figuring out the Christian lifestyle to learning which language?
(a) Russian.
(b) Latin.
(c) German.
(d) Greek.

Short Answer Questions

1. While talking about duty in wartime, Lewis says that God's claim on us is which of the following?

2. In the opening of "Transposition", Lewis says that which person seems to have been embarrassed by the phenomenon of speaking in tongues?

3. Lewis says toward the end of "Transposition" that our natural experiences are like a drawing. He is referring to all but which of the following experiences?

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

5. 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?

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