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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 right and wrong, Lewis says that any concrete train of reasoning involves all but which of the following elements?
(a) Reception of facts.
(b) Self-evident truth.
(c) Arranging facts.
(d) Making decisions.

2. According to "Why I am Not a Pacifist", basic moral intuitions are the only element of ______________ that cannot be argued about.
(a) Logic.
(b) Precedent.
(c) Reason.
(d) Conscience.

3. Which of the following analogies does Lewis NOT use when talking about childlike humility?
(a) Creature before creator.
(b) Pupil before teacher.
(c) Lawyer before judge.
(d) Child before father.

4. 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) Superiority.
(b) Presumption.
(c) Flippancy.
(d) Spite.

5. 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) Excess.
(b) Temperance.
(c) Sobriety.
(d) Control.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the analogies Lewis uses to explain the Christian journey in "The Weight of Glory"?

2. Lewis says, when discussing transposition, that which of the following relationships is one of transposition?

3. While discussing the cynic's questions about religion, Lewis says that religious language and imagery contains nothing that has not been borrowed from what?

4. "Learning in War-time" says that all our activities will be accepted as long as what occurs?

5. In the description of the promises of scripture about heaven, Lewis says which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. Lewis has a great deal to say about those who contend that the Christian life is mercenary in "The Weight of Glory". Discuss his response to this assertion.

2. In "Learning in War-time," what is Lewis's response to those who ask how we can be so selfish as to think of anything but war?

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

4. According to Lewis in "Why I am Not a Pacifist", what is the main difference between reason and conscience?

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

6. 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?

7. While discussing the relationship between emotion and sensation, what three points does Lewis make about the relationship?

8. In "The Weight of Glory", why does Lewis say that he doesn't believe his desire for heaven proves he will enjoy it?

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

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

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