Tag: Quiz: Non-fiction

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 26th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The U.S. Paperback editions of Surprised By Joy and Till We Have Faces came out on July 9th ten years apart (1970, 1980).

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

[Screwtape Advises:] “I would make it a rule to eradicate from my patient any strong personal taste which is not actually a sin, even if it is something quite trivial.”

The Screwtape Letters XIII
(Published in The Guardian on 7/25/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What is the only essay by Lewis having the word “slaves” in the title that was also first published this month in what year?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 22nd

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis was a guest on “The Anvil” that was aired today (7/22) in 1943. This BBC radio program was recorded on the 19th.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“If you will go to God just as you are, fully admitting that you care about Him very little, and put yourself in His hand, if you’re even ready to be made to care and leave Him to work, He’ll do the rest.”

The Anvil
(BBC Radio Broadcast aired 7/22/1943)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

The U.S. edition of what book was published this month in 1960?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 19th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

On this date in 1943 “The Anvil” (a BBC radio program) recorded its show with Lewis as one of the guests.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The safest road to Hell is the gradual one—the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.”

The Screwtape Letters XII
(Published in The Guardian on 7/18/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Before Mere Christianity was a hit, what was the book that came out this month that was released related to it?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 12th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

First and Second Things is an essay collection released on July 11, 1985 that actually contains material found in God in the Dock.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Flippancy builds up around a man the finest armour-plating against the Enemy [God].”

The Screwtape Letters XI
(Published in The Guardian on 7/11/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What is the name of the only book released in the 1980’s that contained (at that time) essays by Lewis that had not been previously published since his death?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: June 28th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis received an honorary Doctor of Divinity from the University of St. Andrews on this day (6/28) in 1946.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Think of yourself just as a seed patiently wintering in the earth; waiting to come up a flower in the Gardener’s good time, up into the real world, the real waking.”

Letter to Mary Willis Shelburne 6/28/1963
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What is the title on a essay by Lewis, published this month that dealt with the order of “things?”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: June 21st

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FACT OF THE DAY:

An Expostulation (against too many writers of science fiction) – a poem from June, 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Glory, as Christianity teaches me to hope for it, turns out to satisfy my original desire and indeed to reveal an element in that desire which I had not noticed.”

The Weight of Glory
(Sermon preached on 6/8/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What essay from The Weight of Glory was published this month that was a first a talk a few months earlier?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: June 14th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis finished his academic studies at Oxford in June, 1923, beginning his exams today (14th).

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Perfect humility dispenses with modesty. If God is satisfied with the work, the work my be satisfied with itself.”

The Weight of Glory
(Sermon preached on 6/8/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What landmark sermon did Lewis preach this month?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: June 13th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The seventh Screwtape letter was published today (6/13) in The Guardian in 1941. Mentions “Materialist Magician.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“All extremes, except extreme devotion to the Enemy, are to be encouraged.”

The Screwtape Letters VII
(Published in The Guardian on 6/13/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Of the themes in Till We Have Faces what Non-fictional work directly deals with one of the central topics?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: June 7th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

“The Morte D’Arthur” by Lewis was published today (6/7) in 1947 in the Times Literary Supplement.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“It does one good to see the fine side of people we’ve always seen the worst of. ”

Letter to Arthur Greeves 6/7/1930
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume I)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

The first book that was a collection of essays edited by Walter Hooper came out this month…what was it?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 24th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis’s obituary of Charles Walter Stansby Williams (1886-1945) was published in The Oxford Magazine today (5/24) in 1945).

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

(Screwtape Advises:) “Teach them to estimate the value of each prayer by their success in producing the desired feeling.”

The Screwtape Letters IV
(Published in The Guardian on 5/23/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What talk did Lewis give sometime this month that used an illustration that included elephants?
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