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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. Lewis believes that sexual permissiveness will eventually result an a society unfriendly to what group?
(a) Women.
(b) Children.
(c) The elderly.
(d) Married couples.

2. Lewis recommends that Christians regard rulers in what way?
(a) Treating them as God's representatives on Earth.
(b) Disobeying them if they are not Christians.
(c) Obeying them completely.
(d) Understanding that they are not always good.

3. What qualities does Lewis ascribe to the King James Version of the bible?
(a) Wordiness and inaccuracy.
(b) Truth and insight.
(c) Beauty and solemnity.
(d) Brevity and concision.

4. A Christian political party would lack which of the following?
(a) Membership.
(b) Theological authority.
(c) Poll numbers.
(d) Influence.

5. In the analogy that Lewis uses in Part II, Essay 6, "Meditation in a Toolshed", observing the sun from the cracks of light in the roof of a toolshed is compared to what method of learning and knowing?
(a) Introspection.
(b) Indirect observation.
(c) Confirmation bias.
(d) Scientific study.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis disagrees with what common response to crime?

2. What is Lewis' opinion about most Christian writing?

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons Lewis gives for rejecting the concept of females serving as priests?

4. Which of the following is one of the difficulties in engaging the average Englishmen in a theological discussion?

5. One of the lectures presented in Part II, Essay 5, "Two Lectures" suggests that evolution is what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Bulverism?

2. According to Lewis' writings in Part II, Essay 2, "Two Ways with the Self", what apparent contradiction exists in Christianity regarding self-love, and how is it resolved?

3. Explain some of the problems that Lewis sees as challenges to Christianity in England.

4. How does Lewis feel about the Anglican church allowing Catholic-like invocation of the saints?

5. Explain the logical fallacy that Lewis cautions against in Part III, Essay 3, "The Sermon and the Lunch"?

6. What practical reasons does Lewis give to reject the idea of women serving as priests?

7. Why does Lewis believe that a therapeutic approach to crime will lead to tyranny?

8. Why is Lewis opposed to giving all men a "right to happiness"?

9. What is Lewis' opinion about Christian literature?

10. What does Lewis find lacking in the "Liberal" or "Modernist" churches?

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