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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Slip of the Tongue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which analogy does Lewis use when discussing the seeming pointlessness of continuing education during a war?
(a) A race against time.
(b) Fiddling while Rome burns.
(c) Talking to a brick wall.
(d) Not having enough sense to come in out of the rain.

2. Which of the following does Lewis quote in "Transposition" in his attempt to refute religious critics?
(a) Pepys' Diary.
(b) A Modest Proposal.
(c) Beowulf.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

3. When discussing the idea of glory, Lewis says that it is perhaps crude but also accurate to describe glory as what?
(a) A means to an end.
(b) The ultimate sacrifice.
(c) Being noticed by God.
(d) An inner peace.

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

5. When discussing God's demands of us, what does Lewis say will be His response to our repeated failures?
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Mercy.
(c) Anger.
(d) Disinterest.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Is Theology Poetry?" Lewis says that Europe took a major interest in classical mythology during which periods?

2. In "On Forgiveness", Lewis says that in our own cases of sin we do what?

3. In "Why I am Not a Pacifist" Lewis says that were he to be a Pacifist, he would go against the writings of all but which of the following?

4. Which of the following groups does Lewis NOT mention as fanatical in "Why I am Not a Pacifist"?

5. When discussing the possible future of his audience, Lewis says that for nine out of ten of them the choice will come which could lead to what?

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