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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 that we are half-hearted creatures because, when offered infinite joy, we fool around with all but which of the following instead?
(a) Love.
(b) Drink.
(c) Ambition.
(d) Sex.

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

3. How does Lewis respond, when discussing war, to the fact that many individuals killed during a war are innocent?
(a) Makes him a pacifist.
(b) Makes war worse.
(c) Has no effect on his view.
(d) Makes war better.

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) Himself.
(b) His nation.
(c) Satan.
(d) Caesar.

5. In the opening of "Transposition", Lewis says that which person seems to have been embarrassed by the phenomenon of speaking in tongues?
(a) Mark.
(b) Paul.
(c) Luke.
(d) John.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Why I am Not a Pacifist" Lewis says that were he to be a Pacifist, he would go against the writings of all but which of the following?

2. Lewis opens "Why I am Not a Pacifist" by saying military service can be all but which of the following?

3. As "Why I am Not a Pacifist" closes, Lewis says that we have learned that though the world is slow to forgive, it is what?

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

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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why, according to Lewis in "Learning in War-time", might some view continuing education as odd during a great war?

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

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

4. 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"?

5. Why, in "Why I am Not a Pacifist", is Lewis unmoved by the fact that many of those who die during a war are innocent?

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

7. 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.

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

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

10. Why, when discussing the concept of glory, does Lewis describe glory as being noticed by God?

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