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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. In "Transposition", Lewis says that if anyone watches the relationship between emotions and sensations he will discover all but which of the following?
(a) Emotion is separate and unconnected.
(b) Nerves have fewer resources than emotion.
(c) Nerves do respond to emotions.
(d) Senses use one sensation to express multiple emotions.

4. Lewis states, when discussing intense aesthetic rapture, that if he tries to catch the feeling it produces, what happens?
(a) He often loses track of the aesthetic experience.
(b) He grasps only a physical sensation.
(c) Nothing ever happens.
(d) He gets frustrated.

5. What example does Lewis say in "Transposition" is the most familiar when discussing adaptation from a richer medium to a poorer?
(a) Drawing.
(b) Composition.
(c) Music.
(d) Sculpture.

6. According to Lewis in "Learning in War-time", the true perspective on the calamity of war is what?
(a) Not a new situation.
(b) An inevitable situation.
(c) The culmination of our own stubborn behavior.
(d) Something that must be addressed.

7. What emotion does Lewis say he feels when discussing the desire for heaven?
(a) Impatience.
(b) Shyness.
(c) Depression.
(d) Anger.

8. Which of the following analogies does Lewis NOT use when talking about childlike humility?
(a) Child before father.
(b) Creature before creator.
(c) Lawyer before judge.
(d) Pupil before teacher.

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

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

11. While discussing the cynic's questions about religion, Lewis says that religious language and imagery contains nothing that has not been borrowed from what?
(a) Pastors.
(b) Nature.
(c) Literature.
(d) Bible.

12. What is the first Pacifist position ruled out by Lewis in "Why I am Not a Pacifist"?
(a) Killing of human beings is always wrong.
(b) It is too expensive to fight wars.
(c) Wars do more harm than good.
(d) War is evil.

13. In "The Weight of Glory", Lewis says he feels as though he is trying to rip a secret from his audience that they commonly refer to as all but which of the following?
(a) Romanticism.
(b) Nostalgia.
(c) Innocence.
(d) Adolescence.

14. What is Lewis's response when faced with those who claim the Christian life is a mercenary one?
(a) They are right.
(b) There are different kinds of rewards.
(c) They are unbelievers and shouldn't be listened to.
(d) They are unintelligent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Lewis in "Learning in War-time", if you don't read good books what will happen?

2. While talking about duty in wartime, Lewis says that God's claim on us is which of the following?

3. According to "Learning in War-time", why does war fail to absorb our whole attention?

4. 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?

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the analogies Lewis uses to explain the Christian journey in "The Weight of Glory"?

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