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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In "The Weight of Glory", Lewis says it would be very odd if what people refer to as "falling in love" were to happen where?
(a) In hell.
(b) In a sexless world.
(c) In Christianity.
(d) In heaven.

5. In "Why I am Not a Pacifist", Lewis says he believes the art of life consists in tackling _______________ as well as we can.
(a) Suffering.
(b) World hunger.
(c) World war.
(d) Immediate evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis states that we are creatures who are every moment advancing toward either heaven or hell, and that we still spend time on all but which of the following trivialities?

2. What happens at the end of Lewis's analogy when the boy in the dungeon learns that there are no pencil marks in the outside world?

3. 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?

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

5. In "Transposition", Lewis says that we are claiming to know that our desire for heaven was not merely a desire for all but which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Weight of Glory", why does Lewis say that he doesn't believe his desire for heaven proves he will enjoy it?

2. Discuss Lewis's example in "Why I am Not a Pacifist" of the supposed intuition of a temperance fanatic.

3. While discussing the relationship between emotion and sensation, what three points does Lewis make about the relationship?

4. In "Transposition", what points does Lewis make about the included quote from Pepys?

5. In "Learning in War-time", what does Lewis say is the difference between humanity and insects?

6. Discuss Lewis's assertion in "Learning in War-time" that war creates no absolutely new situation.

7. Why does Lewis believe that the fact that war makes death real to us is a good thing, as discussed in "Learning in War-time"?

8. Describe the two meanings of conscience as discussed in "Why I am Not a Pacifist".

9. Why does Lewis say that religion cannot occupy the whole of life in "Learning in War-time"?

10. Explain Lewis's statement in the discussion of war that a man may have to die for his country but that no man must live for his country.

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