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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. Lewis states, when discussing intense aesthetic rapture, that if he tries to catch the feeling it produces, what happens?
(a) He often loses track of the aesthetic experience.
(b) Nothing ever happens.
(c) He gets frustrated.
(d) He grasps only a physical sensation.

2. 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?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Literature.
(c) Theology.
(d) Art.

3. Lewis states in his discussions of different virtues that the negative idea of unselfishness carries the primary suggestion of what?
(a) Going without good things ourselves.
(b) Being the right kind of person.
(c) Reaching a truly enlightened state.
(d) Securing good for others.

4. 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?
(a) Emotional.
(b) Social.
(c) Sensory.
(d) Imaginative.

5. In the description of the promises of scripture about heaven, Lewis says which of the following?
(a) Only the first should matter.
(b) None of them makes any sense.
(c) None of them is well defined.
(d) Only the third is important.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his discussion of transposition, Lewis says that the lower medium can be understood only if what is also true?

2. While talking about his war experience, Lewis refers to which of the following famous writers?

3. 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?

4. When discussing heaven, Lewis states that he does not believe his desire for Paradise proves what?

5. In discussing war's effect on humanity, Lewis says that human life has always been lived where?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Lewis's response in "The Weight of Glory" when talking about Wordsworth's definition of beauty in life.

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

3. Explain the five promises of Scripture as discussed in "The Weight of Glory".

4. Explain Lewis's statement in the discussion of war that a man may have to die for his country but that no man must live for his country.

5. When comparing the Christian life to that of a schoolboy in "The Weight of Glory", why does Lewis say that the analogy eventually breaks down?

6. Why does Lewis believe that the fact that war makes death real to us is a good thing, as discussed in "Learning in War-time"?

7. Discuss Lewis's assertion in "Learning in War-time" that war creates no absolutely new situation.

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

9. At the end of "Transposition" Lewis says he has four points to add. What are they?

10. Sum up Lewis's final explanation for why he is not a Pacifist at the end of "Why I am Not a Pacifist".

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