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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Why I am Not a Pacifist" Lewis says that nothing should be treated as intuition unless what?
(a) The Bible specifically states it.
(b) No good man has ever dreamed of doubting.
(c) It can be proven as scientific fact.
(d) The majority agree that it applies.

2. As "Why I am Not a Pacifist" closes, Lewis says that we have learned that though the world is slow to forgive, it is what?
(a) Quick to anger.
(b) Quick to remember.
(c) Quick to forget.
(d) Lacking in memory.

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

4. Why, in "Transposition", does Lewis say he wishes to discuss the phenomenon of speaking in tongues?
(a) He has important insight to share.
(b) His audience requested it.
(c) It is essential to understanding Pentecost.
(d) It is a stumbling block for him.

5. In "Transposition", Lewis says that we often feel as though the vision of God will destroy our nature and that this feeling underlies our use of all but which of these words?
(a) Holy.
(b) Spiritual.
(c) Religious.
(d) Pure.

6. Lewis comments, when discussing the appropriateness of scholarship during war, that our tendency to focus on things other than war is our nature rather than what?
(a) Éclat.
(b) Panache.
(c) Zest.
(d) Charisma.

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

8. When discussing how we should decide a question of morals, Lewis states that every moral judgment involves all but which of the following?
(a) Facts.
(b) Precedent.
(c) Intuition.
(d) Reasoning.

9. According to Lewis in "Learning in War-time", why must good philosophy exist?
(a) Humans need reason to understand things.
(b) It does not need to exist.
(c) Bad philosophy must be answered.
(d) It provides a reason to be religious.

10. Lewis states that we are half-hearted creatures because, when offered infinite joy, we fool around with all but which of the following instead?
(a) Ambition.
(b) Sex.
(c) Drink.
(d) Love.

11. While talking about his experience in war, Lewis says he found what as he got closer to the front lines?
(a) Everyone spoke less about the war.
(b) Religion became more important.
(c) Religion became less important.
(d) Everyone spoke more about the war.

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

13. In the description of the promises of scripture about heaven, Lewis says which of the following?
(a) Only the first should matter.
(b) None of them is well defined.
(c) None of them makes any sense.
(d) Only the third is important.

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

15. What sort of fanatic does Lewis describe in "Why I am Not a Pacifist" who has an unanswerable intuition that strong drink is wrong?
(a) Sobriety.
(b) Control.
(c) Excess.
(d) Temperance.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his discussion of transposition, Lewis says that the lower medium can be understood only if what is also true?

2. According to Lewis in his discussion of Pacifism, what sort of society tolerates Pacifists?

3. In "Why I am Not a Pacifist" Lewis says that were he to be a Pacifist, he would go against the writings of all but which of the following?

4. In "Learning in War-time", Lewis quotes which author as saying "to offer to the author of truth the unclean sacrifice of a lie"?

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

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