This is the quiz for the Darkstream Book Club: Mere Christianity II.
1. What did the older thinkers really mean by “The Law of Nature”.
- a) The physical laws of Creation.
- b) The Law of Human Nature.
- c) The Law of Tooth and Claw.
- d) Sir Isaac Newton’s three Laws of Thermodynamics
2. What was the reason for the name being given to the Law of Nature?
- a) The law dealt with the natural world.
- b) The law was based on the natural environment.
- c) The law was imposed by human government.
- d) No one needed to be taught it.
3. In what way does Lewis suggest that the Nazis cannot be criticized for their actions?
- a) In the absence of an accepted standard for human behavior.
- b) In the absence of Christianity.
- c) On the basis of moral relativity.
- d) Because Lewis more or less agreed with Nazi principles.
4. Why do some people say the Law of Nature is unsound?
- a) Because the laws of nature can’t apply to artificial social constructs.
- b) Because different ages have different moralities.
- c) Because it contradicts the teachings of Christianity.
- d) Because the Law of Nature is a social construct.
5. What two facts are the foundation of all clear thinking about ourselves?
- a) I think, therefore I am.
- b) The Law of Nature exists and it is broken.
- c) Right and wrong are illusions in which we must believe in order to have a civil society.
- d) Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law, love under law.