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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lewis opens "Why I am Not a Pacifist" by saying military service can be all but which of the following?
(a) Morally obligatory.
(b) Wicked action.
(c) Unquestionably essential.
(d) Morally indifferent.

2. According to Lewis in his discussion of Pacifism, what sort of society tolerates Pacifists?
(a) Liberal.
(b) Conservative.
(c) Religious.
(d) Anarchist.

3. While discussing pagan religion, Lewis states that the plot of the cosmic story involves all but which of the following themes?
(a) Rebirth.
(b) Death.
(c) Life.
(d) Incarnation.

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

5. According to "Why I am Not a Pacifist", basic moral intuitions are the only element of ______________ that cannot be argued about.
(a) Logic.
(b) Conscience.
(c) Reason.
(d) Precedent.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Learning in War-time", Lewis states that before he became a Christian he did not fully realize that life would consist of doing what?

2. In his discussion of transposition, Lewis says that the word ____________ is not always sufficient to describe the relation between higher and lower mediums.

3. When discussing the idea of glory, Lewis says that it is perhaps crude but also accurate to describe glory as what?

4. In "Is Theology Poetry?" what era of tragedy does Lewis describe as one where the protagonist's life is represented by a slowly rising and then quickly falling curve?

5. Which analogy does Lewis use when discussing the seeming pointlessness of continuing education during a war?

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