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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Is Theology Poetry?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Lewis in "Learning in War-time", if you don't read good books what will happen?
(a) You will be uneducated.
(b) It will make no difference.
(c) You will read bad ones.
(d) You will not understand current events.

2. Lewis says, when discussing transposition, that which of the following relationships is one of transposition?
(a) Mind and body.
(b) Heart and soul.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) Individual and society.

3. When discussing mental exercises to defend the scholar against war, what does Lewis give as the second enemy?
(a) Excitement.
(b) Love.
(c) Frustration.
(d) Fear.

4. What, according to "Transposition", is the relationship between the spiritual and the natural?
(a) Natural is richer than spiritual.
(b) Spiritual is richer than natural.
(c) Spiritual relies on natural.
(d) Natural relies on spiritual.

5. Which of the following groups does Lewis NOT mention as fanatical in "Why I am Not a Pacifist"?
(a) Leninists.
(b) Marxists.
(c) Spiritualists.
(d) Freudians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What professor does Lewis quote in "Is Theology Poetry?" as defending evolution simply because creationism is too incredible to believe?

2. Which of the following analogies does Lewis NOT use when talking about childlike humility?

3. In "Is Theology Poetry?" Lewis says that Europe took a major interest in classical mythology during which periods?

4. In refuting Pacifism, which Pope does Lewis say has rejected the Pacifist position?

5. What famous work by Keats does Lewis say in "Is Theology Poetry?" is even better than ancient mythology?

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