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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When discussing how we should decide a question of morals, Lewis states that every moral judgment involves all but which of the following?
2. What is Lewis's response when faced with those who claim the Christian life is a mercenary one?
3. What happens at the end of Lewis's analogy when the boy in the dungeon learns that there are no pencil marks in the outside world?
4. Lewis states, when discussing intense aesthetic rapture, that if he tries to catch the feeling it produces, what happens?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Lewis say that religion cannot occupy the whole of life in "Learning in War-time"?
2. Discuss Lewis's example in "Why I am Not a Pacifist" of the supposed intuition of a temperance fanatic.
3. 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"?
4. Describe the two meanings of conscience as discussed in "Why I am Not a Pacifist".
5. Discuss Lewis's response in "The Weight of Glory" when talking about Wordsworth's definition of beauty in life.
6. 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?
7. Discuss Lewis's assertion in "Learning in War-time" that war creates no absolutely new situation.
8. 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"?
9. In "Transposition", what points does Lewis make about the included quote from Pepys?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What larger points does Lewis intend to make about human nature? Pick three points from any section of the book and discuss in detail the statement Lewis is trying to make about humanity. Include supporting information from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the various views on Pacifism and Lewis's response to each. Include information from the text.
Essay Topic 3
In "Learning in War-time," Lewis seems to advocate the lesser of the evils. This is a gray area, and Christianity generally prefers to focus on black and white issues. Explore and analyze the ways in which Lewis has taken a brave position in this sermon and why those particular positions are gray areas. Include supporting information from the chapter to back up the essay.
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