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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. What does Lewis believe about the importance of experience?
(a) It is of paramount importance.
(b) It is always distorted and unreliable.
(c) It proves nothing on its own.
(d) It is totally unimportant.

2. What belief does Lewis reject in Part I, Essay 1, "Evil and God"?
(a) Agnosticism.
(b) Atheism.
(c) Materialism.
(d) Modernism.

3. Price argues what about religion?
(a) It is harmful.
(b) It is impossible to take seriously.
(c) It is gaining popularity.
(d) It is outdated.

4. Lewis warns against using religion and which of the following together in the wrong way?
(a) Politics.
(b) Reason.
(c) Intellect.
(d) Argument.

5. What it is about choosing to aid the sick that might be problematic for a Christian?
(a) It might interfere with God's plan.
(b) Sufficiently sick people cannot willfully repent of their sins.
(c) It might be better if they died and went to heaven.
(d) Christ died violently and painfully with no aid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why, according to Lewis, are good and evil paired together?

2. According to materialism, reasoning is the result of what?

3. Lewis believes that the laws of nature are NOT which of the following?

4. Lewis contends that most people will realize that without Christianity what will happen to them?

5. Lewis contends that real change in a person occurs in what way?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Lewis' writings in Part I, Essay 19, "What Are We to Make of Jesus Christ", what possible contradiction makes it difficult to discount the miracles associated with the life of Jesus?

2. What are the problems with dualism, according to Lewis?

3. Why does Lewis believe that philosophy alone is insufficient for faith?

4. What is the difference between religion and politics, according to Lewis?

5. According to Lewis, how could a Materialist lead a good life without Christianity?

6. What two premises are necessary for belief in miracles, according to Lewis' argument in Part I, Essay 2, "Miracles"?

7. According to Lewis' writings in Part I, Essay 17, "Answers to Question on Christianity", what is problematic for Christians about healing the sick, and why is this action acceptable anyways?

8. What is the problem with relying only on experience according to Lewis' argument in Part I, Essay 2, "Miracles"?

9. What argument does Lewis make to suggest that science incapable of invalidating religion?

10. What does Dr. Pittenger say about Lewis' arguments in his earlier works?

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