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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the opening of "Learning in War-time", Lewis says that a university is a __________ for the pursuit of learning.
(a) Society.
(b) Organization.
(c) Club.
(d) Institution.

3. In "Why I am Not a Pacifist", what does Lewis say is the first of three possible ways to interpret the command to turn the other cheek?
(a) Pacifist approach.
(b) Minimizing approach.
(c) Exceptional cases.
(d) Literal interpretation.

4. While talking about duty in wartime, Lewis says that God's claim on us is which of the following?
(a) Relentless.
(b) Absolute.
(c) Infinite.
(d) Necessary.

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

6. When discussing the promises of scripture, Lewis states that they can be roughly reduced to how many topics?
(a) Seven.
(b) Five.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Three.

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

8. In "Learning in War-time", Lewis quotes which author as saying "to offer to the author of truth the unclean sacrifice of a lie"?
(a) Shelley.
(b) Bacon.
(c) Wordsworth.
(d) Tolstoi.

9. Lewis says toward the end of "Transposition" that our natural experiences are like a drawing. He is referring to all but which of the following experiences?
(a) Sensory.
(b) Emotional.
(c) Imaginative.
(d) Social.

10. What, according to "Why I am Not a Pacifist", is the most useful analogy when figuring out right and wrong?
(a) Conscience.
(b) Reason.
(c) Precedent.
(d) Logic.

11. While talking about his war experience, Lewis refers to which of the following famous works?
(a) The Art of War.
(b) Henry V.
(c) The Iliad.
(d) The Sebastopol Sketches.

12. Lewis contends in his discussion of Pacifism that, rather than fanaticism, the best results are obtained by all but which of the following limited objectives?
(a) World peace.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Prison reform.
(d) Abolition of slave trade.

13. According to "Learning in War-time", why does war fail to absorb our whole attention?
(a) People don't care.
(b) It is too large to comprehend.
(c) It occurs elsewhere.
(d) It is finite.

14. In his discussion of transposition, Lewis says that the lower medium can be understood only if what is also true?
(a) Not knowing the higher medium.
(b) A higher medium exists.
(c) Knowing the higher medium.
(d) Lower medium is studied.

15. In "The Weight of Glory", Lewis says nineteen out of twenty men today would respond that what is the highest of the virtues?
(a) Love.
(b) Humility.
(c) Courage.
(d) Unselfishness.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which poet does Lewis refer when discussing the secret inside people in "The Weight of Glory"?

2. What, according to "Transposition", is the relationship between the spiritual and the natural?

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

4. What is the first Pacifist position ruled out by Lewis in "Why I am Not a Pacifist"?

5. In "Why I am Not a Pacifist", Lewis says he believes the art of life consists in tackling _______________ as well as we can.

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