What subject did C.S. Lewis teach at Cambridge University from 1954?
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Medieval and Renaissance literature
3995 C.S. Lewis Trivia Questions with Answers
3995 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which C.S. Lewis book won the 1937 Hawthornden Prize?
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The Allegory of Love
What was C.S. Lewis’s surname at birth?
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Lewis
Which C.S. Lewis book contains the allegorical character George MacDonald as a guide?
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The Great Divorce
Which C.S. Lewis novel concludes The Chronicles of Narnia?
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The Last Battle
What was C.S. Lewis’s first completed novel, published in 1933?
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The Pilgrim’s Regress
Which C.S. Lewis book retells the myth of Cupid and Psyche?
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Till We Have Faces
Which C.S. Lewis autobiography describes his conversion to Christianity?
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Surprised by Joy
Which C.S. Lewis book was published in 1942 as a fictional senior demon’s advice to a junior tempter?
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The Screwtape Letters
Which 1950 C.S. Lewis novel begins with four children entering a wardrobe?
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
What was C.S. Lewis’s academic field at Cambridge University?
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Medieval and Renaissance English
Which C.S. Lewis book was adapted from his BBC wartime radio talks?
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Mere Christianity
Which award did C.S. Lewis’s The Last Battle win in 1956?
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Carnegie Medal
What was the title of C.S. Lewis’s 1956 novel about Queen Orual?
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Till We Have Faces
At which university did C.S. Lewis hold a fellowship and teach English for most of his career?
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University of Oxford
Which C.S. Lewis book explores affection, friendship, romantic love, and charity?
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The Four Loves
Which C.S. Lewis novel features the fictional land of Glome and its queen Orual?
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Till We Have Faces
Which C.S. Lewis book is a collection of letters supposedly written by a senior demon?
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The Screwtape Letters
Which C.S. Lewis novel is the third and final book of the Space Trilogy?
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That Hideous Strength
What was C.S. Lewis’s full first name, revealed by the initials in his name?
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Clive Staples
Which C.S. Lewis book is an autobiography of his spiritual development?
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Surprised by Joy
At which Oxford pub did C.S. Lewis’s Inklings group often meet?
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The Eagle and Child
Which C.S. Lewis book begins The Chronicles of Narnia?
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
What was C.S. Lewis’s academic specialty at Cambridge University?
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Medieval and Renaissance English
Which C.S. Lewis work presents Christianity through a series of radio talks?
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Mere Christianity
What pseudonym did C.S. Lewis use for his early poetry?
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Clive Hamilton
Which C.S. Lewis book describes his return to Christianity?
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Surprised by Joy
What Oxford literary group did C.S. Lewis help found?
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The Inklings
What was the name of C.S. Lewis’s brother, Warren?
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Warren Hamilton Lewis
What pen name did C.S. Lewis use for poetry published before 1930?
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Clive Hamilton
Who was the American-born poet whom C.S. Lewis married in 1956?
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Joy Davidman
Which seven-book fantasy series did C.S. Lewis write for children?
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The Chronicles of Narnia
Which C.S. Lewis work is a retelling of the Cupid and Psyche myth?
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Till We Have Faces
What is the title of C.S. Lewis’s final completed novel?
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Till We Have Faces
Which C.S. Lewis book records radio talks later published as Mere Christianity?
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Broadcast Talks
Which C.S. Lewis novel features the fictional planet Malacandra?
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Out of the Silent Planet
Which C.S. Lewis book contains the line “Further up and further in”?
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The Last Battle
Which C.S. Lewis novel was his first published work of fiction?
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The Pilgrim’s Regress
Which C.S. Lewis book presents the Christian faith through the fictional demon Screwtape?
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The Screwtape Letters
What was C.S. Lewis's full first name?
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Clive Staples
At which Oxford college was C.S. Lewis a fellow from 1925 until 1954?
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Magdalen College
What title did C.S. Lewis give his 1941 BBC radio talks on Christianity?
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Broadcast Talks