Which American-born writer became C.S. Lewis's wife in 1956?
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Joy Davidman
3995 C.S. Lewis Trivia Questions with Answers
3995 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What academic subject did C.S. Lewis hold a Cambridge professorship in from 1954?
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Medieval and Renaissance English
What is the title of C.S. Lewis’s 1942 Christian apologetics book featuring a senior tempter?
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The Screwtape Letters
Which C.S. Lewis book was first published in 1950 as the opening Narnia novel?
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
What did the middle initial in C.S. Lewis’s name stand for?
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Staples
Which Oxford college elected C.S. Lewis as a fellow in 1925?
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Magdalen College
What is the title of the third novel in C.S. Lewis’s Space Trilogy?
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That Hideous Strength
Which literary club did C.S. Lewis help lead with J.R.R. Tolkien?
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The Inklings
What 1943 book by C.S. Lewis argues that education should cultivate objective moral values?
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The Abolition of Man
Which Cambridge college appointed C.S. Lewis to its English professorship in 1954?
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Magdalene College
What was the first Narnia book C.S. Lewis wrote?
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Which 1943 C.S. Lewis novel follows Ransom to the planet Perelandra?
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Perelandra
What pen name did C.S. Lewis use for the 1926 poem Dymer?
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Clive Hamilton
What was the title of C.S. Lewis’s 1942 novel about correspondence between a demon and his nephew?
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The Screwtape Letters
Which author wrote The Lord of the Rings and was a close friend of C.S. Lewis?
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J.R.R. Tolkien
Which C.S. Lewis novel introduces the character Elwin Ransom?
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Out of the Silent Planet
What is the title of C.S. Lewis’s book based on broadcasts given during World War II?
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Mere Christianity
What 1956 book by C.S. Lewis retells the Cupid and Psyche myth from a woman’s viewpoint?
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Till We Have Faces
Which C.S. Lewis autobiography recounts his intellectual and spiritual journey?
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Surprised by Joy
What was the title of C.S. Lewis’s 1961 book about grief after his wife’s death?
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A Grief Observed
At which Cambridge college did C.S. Lewis teach from 1954?
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Magdalene College
Who was C.S. Lewis’s elder brother and lifelong correspondent?
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Warren Lewis
What is the title of the second novel in C.S. Lewis’s Space Trilogy?
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Perelandra
At which Oxford college did C.S. Lewis teach from 1925?
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Magdalen College
Which C.S. Lewis book was adapted from his BBC radio talks broadcast from 1941 to 1944?
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Mere Christianity
Which C.S. Lewis work presents letters from a senior demon advising a junior tempter?
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The Screwtape Letters
What was C.S. Lewis’s first published novel after his conversion to Christianity?
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The Pilgrim’s Regress
Which Christian denomination did C.S. Lewis belong to after his conversion?
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Church of England
Which Narnia book begins with four children entering a wardrobe?
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
What is the name of C.S. Lewis’s 1956 retelling of the Cupid and Psyche myth?
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Till We Have Faces
Which C.S. Lewis book was published posthumously in 1964 as a fictional correspondence about prayer?
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Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer
Which C.S. Lewis book examines four types of love?
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The Four Loves
Which C.S. Lewis novel is set partly on Mars?
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Out of the Silent Planet
Which C.S. Lewis book includes the chapter title “Men Without Chests”?
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The Abolition of Man
What fictional planet is the setting of C.S. Lewis’s novel Perelandra?
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Perelandra
What is the title of C.S. Lewis’s 1936 study of medieval courtly love?
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The Allegory of Love