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? A Grief Observed That Hideous Strength Out of the Silent Planet The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

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 The Brothers Karamazov The Pilgrim’s Regress War and Peace

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

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

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 Vision of Piers Plowman The Celestial Railroad The Great Divorce

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." Kate Chopin Carson McCullers Flannery O’Connor Emily Dickinson