Religious Fiction Through the Ages

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1. Which of the following is NOT a work of religious FICTION by C.S. Lewis? Out of the Silent Planet The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe That Hideous Strength A Grief Observed

2. This book contains many long passages of theological debate. Its hero is a young monk whose spiritual elder is named Father Zosima. The Pilgrim’s Progress War and Peace The Pilgrim’s Regress The Brothers Karamazov

3. This foundational Christian allegory, written in the 17th century, recounts a journey from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City. Goblin Market The Pilgrim’s Regress The Pilgrim’s Progress The Celestial Railroad

4. Which is NOT a work of religious FICTION by G.K. Chesterton? The Man Who Was Thursday The Everlasting Man The Ball and the Cross The Paradise of Thieves

5. This Victorian novelist wrote a trilogy about the spiritual awakening of a curate named Thomas Wingfold. Sir Walter Scott George Macdonald Anthony Trollope William Makepeace Thackeray

6. In this work of religious fiction, the inscription at the entrance to hell reads, “Abandon hope all ye who enter here.” The ___________ Answer: (one word, first part of a trilogy)

7. Which of the following is NOT a work of religious FICTION by John Milton? Samson Agonistes Paradise Lost Areopagitica Paradise Regained

8. This work, probably written in the 10th century, recounts a dream about Christ’s Cross. It is called “The Dream of the ____" Answer: (One Word, old word for cross)

9. In this 14th century work of allegorical religious fiction, the hero promises to show the way to St. Truth. Pilgrim’s Progress The Great Divorce The Celestial Railroad The Vision of Piers Plowman

10. This Catholic writer penned stories set in the Southern United States, an area which she described as "no longer Christ centered but still Christ haunted." Flannery O’Connor Emily Dickinson Carson McCullers Kate Chopin