3995 C.S. Lewis Trivia Questions with Answers
3995 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What was C.S. Lewis’s first published book?
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Spirits in Bondage
At which university did C.S. Lewis hold the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance English?
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University of Cambridge
What is the title of C.S. Lewis’s 1960 book examining four kinds of love?
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The Four Loves
What was the title of C.S. Lewis’s 1933 allegorical novel about a pilgrim named John?
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The Pilgrim’s Regress
What is the title of C.S. Lewis’s 1956 novel retelling the Cupid and Psyche myth?
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Till We Have Faces
In which year did C.S. Lewis marry Joy Davidman?
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1956
Who co-founded the literary discussion group known as the Inklings with C.S. Lewis?
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J.R.R. Tolkien
What is the name of C.S. Lewis’s 1942 epistolary satire about a senior demon?
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The Screwtape Letters
What was the title of C.S. Lewis’s 1955 autobiography about his spiritual journey?
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Surprised by Joy
What was C.S. Lewis’s pen name for his early poetry collection Spirits in Bondage?
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Clive Hamilton
What is the title of C.S. Lewis’s 1936 allegorical novel about a spiritual journey?
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The Pilgrim’s Regress
At which Oxford college did C.S. Lewis study as an undergraduate?
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University College, Oxford
Which C.S. Lewis book was dedicated to his goddaughter Lucy Barfield?
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
What was the title of C.S. Lewis’s 1943 book about Christian morality and education?
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The Abolition of Man
Who illustrated the original Chronicles of Narnia books written by C.S. Lewis?
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Pauline Baynes
Which C.S. Lewis novel is set largely in the fictional world of Glome?
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Till We Have Faces
Which C.S. Lewis book presents a dialogue between a senior and junior demon?
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The Screwtape Letters
What is the title of the first book in C.S. Lewis’s Space Trilogy?
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Out of the Silent Planet
What do the initials “C.S.” stand for in the name C.S. Lewis?
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Clive Staples
Which woman did C.S. Lewis marry in 1956?
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Joy Davidman
What was the title of C.S. Lewis’s 1961 book about grief?
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A Grief Observed
What was C.S. Lewis’s wartime rank in the British Army?
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Second lieutenant
At which Oxford college did C.S. Lewis teach English literature?
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Magdalen College
Which C.S. Lewis book features a wardrobe as a portal?
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
What was the title of C.S. Lewis’s 1960 book about love in its four forms?
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The Four Loves
In C.S. Lewis’s Space Trilogy, what is the fictional name of Mars?
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Malacandra
What was the name of the Oxford literary group that C.S. Lewis helped lead?
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The Inklings
Which 1955 C.S. Lewis autobiography recounts his journey from atheism back to Christianity?
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Surprised by Joy
At which Oxford college did C.S. Lewis teach and live for much of his career?
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Magdalen College
Who became C.S. Lewis’s wife in 1956?
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Joy Davidman
Where was C.S. Lewis born in 1898?
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Belfast
Which C.S. Lewis work was adapted from his BBC radio broadcasts about Christianity?
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Mere Christianity
Which C.S. Lewis autobiography describes his return to Christianity?
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Surprised by Joy
Which C.S. Lewis book argues that modern education can weaken objective moral values?
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The Abolition of Man
Which C.S. Lewis novel begins his Space Trilogy?
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Out of the Silent Planet