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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Essays 1 - 9, 'Bulverism', First and Second Things, The Sermon and the Lunch, The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment, Xmas and Christmas, Delinquents in the Snow, Is Progress Possible?, We Have No 'Right to Happiness'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lewis states that language from what book needs the most explanation for an outsider to understand it?
(a) The old prayer book.
(b) The New Testament.
(c) The Old Testament.
(d) The King James Version of the bible.

2. According to Lewis, how do many Westerners react to miraculous experiences?
(a) They ignore them.
(b) They reinterpret them.
(c) It shakes their beliefs.
(d) They do not report them.

3. Joad believed that various philosophical theories of human evolution were which of the following?
(a) True.
(b) Childish.
(c) Irrational.
(d) False.

4. Lewis notes that disagreements from Christian history appear small in what context?
(a) From a layman's point of view.
(b) From a historical perspective.
(c) From a scriptural perspective.
(d) From outside the church.

5. According to materialism, reasoning is the result of what?
(a) Movements in the brain.
(b) Unknown physical processes.
(c) Quantum uncertainties.
(d) Classical physics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lewis state that he "wants" to interpret the Christian creeds?

2. What does Lewis advise translators not to do in creating modern translations of the bible?

3. Lewis believes that faith cannot be based solely on which of the following?

4. In Part II, Essay 16, "Cross-Examination", Lewis specifically denies that an experience of God can be brought on through what means?

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

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