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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While talking about duty during wartime, Lewis says that the rescue of drowning men is a duty worth dying for but not worth what?
(a) Losing money for.
(b) Encouraging.
(c) Risking war over.
(d) Living for.

2. 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.

3. In "Why I am Not a Pacifist", what does Lewis say is the second of three possible ways to interpret the command to turn the other cheek?
(a) Minimizing approach.
(b) Exceptional cases.
(c) Literal interpretation.
(d) Pacifist approach.

4. While discussing pagan religion, Lewis states that the plot of the cosmic story involves all but which of the following themes?
(a) Incarnation.
(b) Rebirth.
(c) Death.
(d) Life.

5. Lewis opens "Why I am Not a Pacifist" by saying military service can be all but which of the following?
(a) Wicked action.
(b) Morally indifferent.
(c) Unquestionably essential.
(d) Morally obligatory.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his discussion of the inner ring, Lewis says that a person may tell themselves it is a hardship to do what?

2. What emotion does Lewis say he feels when discussing the desire for heaven?

3. While discussing mythology and religion, Lewis says that he likes all but which of the following mythologies better than Christianity?

4. What does Lewis say at the end of "On Forgiveness" is the hard part about forgiveness?

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?

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