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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Essays 12 - 18, Man or Rabbit?, On the Transmission of Christianity, 'Miserable Offenders', The Founding of the Oxford Socratic Club, Religion without Dogma?, Some Thoughts, 'The Trouble with.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not a good use of apologetics, according to Lewis?
(a) Explaining doctrine.
(b) Enforcing doctrine.
(c) Arguing against opponents of the faith.
(d) Ruling out contradictions in one's own faith.

2. According to Lewis, what is the impact of not praying on a particular subject?
(a) The outcome may be different.
(b) The meaning of the outcome will be incomprehensible.
(c) It has no affect.
(d) The result will be unfavorable.

3. What belief has had the biggest effect on the decrease in reports of miracles?
(a) Materialism.
(b) Atheism.
(c) Agnosticism.
(d) Dualism.

4. How common is the belief in the conflict between religion and science?
(a) It is almost non-existent in the modern world.
(b) Many people believe in it.
(c) It exists mostly in the media.
(d) Few people believe in it.

5. Lewis contends that good and evil powers share what relationship?
(a) They define each other.
(b) They are inseparable.
(c) They cannot explain one another.
(d) They are co-dependent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What belief does Joad recommend in the writings that Lewis responds to in Part I, Essay 1, "Evil and God"?

2. How does Lewis characterize the difference between Christian and scientific approaches to understanding the world?

3. What role does dogma play in a religion, according to Lewis?

4. Lewis warns against using religion and which of the following together in the wrong way?

5. How is Christianity related to spiritualism, according to Lewis?

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