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Religious Fiction Through the Ages

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Religious Fiction Through the Ages game quiz
"For the reader of less contemporary Christian literature, this quiz covers a wide variety of religious fiction written up through the mid-20th century."

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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

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