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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Essays 19 - 23, What Are We to Make of Jesus Christ?, The Pains of Animals, Is Theism Important?, Rejoinder to Dr Pittenger, Must Our Image of God Go?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Lewis, what is the proper way to make probability judgments about events in Christianity?
(a) According to the actions of God.
(b) According to modern science.
(c) According to a bell curve of unlikely events.
(d) According to a sliding scale.

2. In Part I, Essay 1, "Evil and God", what state does Lewis assert that the concepts of good and evil have failed to reach?
(a) Syntactical uniqueness.
(b) An equitable plane.
(c) The ground of being.
(d) Objective reality.

3. Lewis believes that what type of people have a special opportunity to know God?
(a) The clergy.
(b) Those who suffer.
(c) The charitable.
(d) Women.

4. Lewis believes that faith cannot be based solely on which of the following?
(a) Introspection.
(b) Prayer.
(c) A sense of the divine.
(d) Philosophy.

5. Lewis points out that the question of being good without being a Christian should be applied to which of the following?
(a) Non-Christian theists.
(b) Secular atheists.
(c) The individual.
(d) Society as a whole.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pittenger believes that Lewis' argument against naturalism is really a response to what kind of an argument?

2. Joad argues that attempts to explain away evil usually have what quality?

3. The club that Lewis founded took its name from what philosopher?

4. In Part I, Essay 1, "Evil and God", Lewis states that according to dualism, why is the concept of good itself good?

5. How common is the belief in the conflict between religion and science?

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