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Quiz about CS Lewis Books
Quiz about CS Lewis Books

C.S. Lewis Books Trivia Quiz


Name the C.S. Lewis book based on the clues given. This includes both fiction and nonfiction.

A multiple-choice quiz by skylarb. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
skylarb
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
110,132
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
8 / 15
Plays
2770
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 204 (3/15), Ampelos (13/15), andymuenz (8/15).
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Question 1 of 15
1. This book was about his conversion to Christianity, not about his wife. Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. In the old "Chronicles of Narnia" book set, this title was placed first in the series. In most modern sets, however, it is placed second. Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. This novel was based on the myth of Cupid and Psyche. Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. This book was inspired by a famous allegory written by John Bunyan. Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. In this book about public education, he writes, "In a sort of ghastly simplicity we remove the organ and demand the function. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst." Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. Some, he said, "paid him an underserved compliment by supposing this book was the fruit of much theological study, when in fact all he needed was his own heart to show him the wickedness of the ungodly." Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. This book was originally serialized in a newspaper called "The Guardian," prompting one clergyman to withdraw his subscription in anger. Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. This book is a dream vision, which describes a bus ride from hell to heaven. Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. This apologetic work was first broadcast on a radio show and then published in three separate parts before being compiled into a single book. Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. In this work, he writes: "It is hard to have patience with people who say, 'There is no death,' or 'Death doesn't matter.' There is death. And whatever is matters." Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. In this science-fiction novel, Lewis writes: "We have learned of evil, though not as the Evil One wished us to learn. We have learned better than that, for it is waking that understands sleep and not sleep that understands waking."

Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. In this fantasy/science-fiction book, a character says: "Theology is talk--eyewash--a smoke screen--a game for rich men. It wasn't in lecture rooms I found the Lord Jesus. It was in the coal pits, and beside the coffin of my daughter." Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. In this book, Lewis writes: "I had approached God, or my idea of God, without love, without awe, even without fear. He was...neither as Savior nor as Judge, but merely a magician; and when He had done what was required of Him I supposed He would simply--well, go away." Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. In the preface to this work, Lewis warns, "There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel and excessive and unhealthy interest in them." Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. In this fantasy novel, Merlin is resurrected. Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. This book was about his conversion to Christianity, not about his wife.

Answer: Surprised by Joy

Joy was his wife's name, but he wrote this book before meeting her.
2. In the old "Chronicles of Narnia" book set, this title was placed first in the series. In most modern sets, however, it is placed second.

Answer: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

"The Magician's Nephew" is now placed first because it appears first from a chronological standpoint, though it was in fact written sometime after "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe."
3. This novel was based on the myth of Cupid and Psyche.

Answer: 'Til We Have Faces

The novel examines the various meanings of love, a theme also picked up in Lewis' nonfiction work "The Four Loves."
4. This book was inspired by a famous allegory written by John Bunyan.

Answer: The Pilgrim's Regress

Bunyan's book was "The Pilgrim's Progress." Lewis updates it for modern times.
5. In this book about public education, he writes, "In a sort of ghastly simplicity we remove the organ and demand the function. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst."

Answer: The Abolition of Man

The book contains three long essays, including, "Men Without Chests."
6. Some, he said, "paid him an underserved compliment by supposing this book was the fruit of much theological study, when in fact all he needed was his own heart to show him the wickedness of the ungodly."

Answer: Screwtape Letters

He says this in the preface to his best-selling book.
7. This book was originally serialized in a newspaper called "The Guardian," prompting one clergyman to withdraw his subscription in anger.

Answer: Screwtape Letters

This particular daft clergyman didn't understand the rather obvious irony of Lewis's work and complained that the advice given in the letters "seemed to him not only erroneous but diabolical."
8. This book is a dream vision, which describes a bus ride from hell to heaven.

Answer: The Great Divorce

"The Celestial Railroad" is actually a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is an allegory about a journey to heaven, though an ironic one.
9. This apologetic work was first broadcast on a radio show and then published in three separate parts before being compiled into a single book.

Answer: Mere Christianity

"Mere Christianity" has remained a standard of Christian apologetics for decades now. Anthony Burgess of "The New York Times" said: "C.S. Lewis is the ideal persuader for the half-convinced."
10. In this work, he writes: "It is hard to have patience with people who say, 'There is no death,' or 'Death doesn't matter.' There is death. And whatever is matters."

Answer: A Grief Observed

This book contains the journal he kept after his wife died.
11. In this science-fiction novel, Lewis writes: "We have learned of evil, though not as the Evil One wished us to learn. We have learned better than that, for it is waking that understands sleep and not sleep that understands waking."

Answer: Perelandra

"Perelandra" is a retelling of the Adam and Eve story, but without the Fall.
12. In this fantasy/science-fiction book, a character says: "Theology is talk--eyewash--a smoke screen--a game for rich men. It wasn't in lecture rooms I found the Lord Jesus. It was in the coal pits, and beside the coffin of my daughter."

Answer: That Hideous Strength

This is the last book in the space trilogy, which began with "Out of the Silent Planet."
13. In this book, Lewis writes: "I had approached God, or my idea of God, without love, without awe, even without fear. He was...neither as Savior nor as Judge, but merely a magician; and when He had done what was required of Him I supposed He would simply--well, go away."

Answer: Surprised by Joy

Lewis is describing his pre-conversion view of God in this quotation.
14. In the preface to this work, Lewis warns, "There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel and excessive and unhealthy interest in them."

Answer: Screwtape Letters

In "Screwtape Letters", one devil is writing advice to another on how to lead a human being astray.
15. In this fantasy novel, Merlin is resurrected.

Answer: That Hideous Strength

In the book, both the forces of good and of evil want to use Merlin for their purposes.
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