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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through On Forgiveness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lewis contends in his discussion of Pacifism that, rather than fanaticism, the best results are obtained by all but which of the following limited objectives?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Abolition of slave trade.
(c) Prison reform.
(d) World peace.

2. In "On Forgiveness", Lewis says that in the case of the sins of others we do what?
(a) Don't accept excuses easily enough.
(b) Ignore the need for an excuse.
(c) Let God supply the excuse.
(d) Accept excuses too easily.

3. How does Lewis respond, when discussing war, to the fact that many individuals killed during a war are innocent?
(a) Makes war worse.
(b) Has no effect on his view.
(c) Makes war better.
(d) Makes him a pacifist.

4. When discussing the perception that some activities are more worthy of God's attention than others, Lewis says Arnold first used the word "spiritual" to replace what German word?
(a) Gemütlichkeit.
(b) Christlichkeit.
(c) Heilig.
(d) Geistlich.

5. Lewis says, when discussing the inner ring phenomenon, that we hope for tangible profit from every ring such as all but which of the following?
(a) Power.
(b) Money.
(c) Liberty.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why, in "Transposition", does Lewis say he wishes to discuss the phenomenon of speaking in tongues?

2. In his discussion of fairies, Lewis says that belief in them would spoil the reading of what famous Shakespearean work for him?

3. In "Is Theology Poetry?" what era of tragedy does Lewis describe as one where the protagonist's life is represented by a slowly rising and then quickly falling curve?

4. While discussing the cynic's questions about religion, Lewis says that religious language and imagery contains nothing that has not been borrowed from what?

5. While discussing Pacifism, Lewis mentions that he believes only one world religion is truly Pacifist. To which religion does he refer?

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