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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When discussing the promises of scripture, Lewis states that they can be roughly reduced to how many topics?
(a) Three.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

4. In refuting Pacifism, which Pope does Lewis say has rejected the Pacifist position?
(a) Pius XII.
(b) Benedict XV.
(c) John XXIII.
(d) John Paul I.

5. Lewis believes, as stated in his discussion of transpositions, that the doctrine provides a background needed for which of the following virtues?
(a) Hope.
(b) Peace.
(c) Love.
(d) Unselfishness.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lewis respond, when discussing war, to the fact that many individuals killed during a war are innocent?

2. 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.

3. According to Lewis in "Learning in War-time", if you don't read good books what will happen?

4. When discussing the idea of glory, Lewis says that it is perhaps crude but also accurate to describe glory as what?

5. In "The Weight of Glory", Lewis likens figuring out the Christian lifestyle to learning which language?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the two meanings of conscience as discussed in "Why I am Not a Pacifist".

2. Discuss Lewis's example in "Why I am Not a Pacifist" of the supposed intuition of a temperance fanatic.

3. In his discussion of authority in "Why I am Not a Pacifist", what does Lewis say has been society's conclusion about Pacifism?

4. When talking about the highest virtues, Lewis states that people today see unselfishness as the highest but that Christians of old thought love is the greatest. Lewis believes unselfishness to be a negative term while love is positive. Why does Lewis believe that unselfishness is negative?

5. Discuss Lewis's statement in "Why I am Not a Pacifist" that pain and death are not the greatest evils.

6. Explain the three enemies of scholars as discussed in "Learning in War-time".

7. What three ways does Lewis say there are to interpret the command to turn the other cheek, as discussed in "Why I am Not a Pacifist"?

8. In "Transposition", what points does Lewis make about the included quote from Pepys?

9. At the conclusion of "The Weight of Glory", what does Lewis say should be our attitude toward the glory of others?

10. Why does Lewis say that religion cannot occupy the whole of life in "Learning in War-time"?

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