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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Lewis's description of a middle-aged moralist, such a person should warn juniors against all but which of the following?
(a) Temptation.
(b) The devil.
(c) The world.
(d) Flesh.

2. According to "On Forgiveness", it is a safe bet in regard to our own sins that the excuses are what?
(a) Sufficient for God.
(b) Better than we think.
(c) Not as good as we think.
(d) Completely irrelevant.

3. "Membership" states that unity is the road to what?
(a) Peace.
(b) Pleasure.
(c) Personality.
(d) Freedom.

4. When discussing the concept of unity, Lewis gives the example of all but which of the following characters from "The Wind in the Willows"?
(a) Rat.
(b) Mole.
(c) Badger.
(d) Toad.

5. In "Is Theology Poetry?" what writer does Lewis reference when talking about the Scientific Outlook?
(a) Robert A. Heinlein.
(b) George Orwell.
(c) J.R.R. Tolkien.
(d) H.G. Wells.

6. What does Lewis say at the end of "On Forgiveness" is the hard part about forgiveness?
(a) To ask for help in forgiving.
(b) To keep forgiving.
(c) To begin forgiving.
(d) To remember to forgive.

7. 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) Love.
(c) Liberty.
(d) Money.

8. In his discussion of what it takes to be a member of the inner ring, Lewis says that the trial for the inner ring may end in all but which of the following ways?
(a) Scandal.
(b) Servitude.
(c) Disaster.
(d) Crash.

9. What professor does Lewis quote in "Is Theology Poetry?" as defending evolution simply because creationism is too incredible to believe?
(a) Dawkins.
(b) Sagan.
(c) Watson.
(d) Darwin.

10. 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?
(a) Scoundrelism.
(b) Love.
(c) Inner Ring.
(d) Fortune.

11. Why, according to "Membership", has even the authority of man over beast been interfered with?
(a) The church no longer accepts it.
(b) It is constantly abused.
(c) It is not used anyway.
(d) God did not intend it.

12. While discussing mythology and religion, Lewis says that he likes all but which of the following mythologies better than Christianity?
(a) Irish.
(b) Norse.
(c) Roman.
(d) Greek.

13. In the opening of "The Inner Ring", Lewis says that he will not attempt to talk about what?
(a) Morals.
(b) Religion.
(c) Life.
(d) Current affairs.

14. In his discussion of sin, what does Lewis say constitutes real forgiveness?
(a) Making excuses for the sin.
(b) Asking God to help with the sin.
(c) Ignoring the sin.
(d) Looking steadily at the sin.

15. According to Lewis's discussion of religion in private life, this phenomenon can be seen even where?
(a) At university.
(b) In church.
(c) In society.
(d) In the workplace.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "The Inner Ring", Lewis says what about the existence of inner rings?

3. Lewis says in "The Inner Ring" that he will leave which of the following topics strictly alone?

4. In discussing the inner ring, to which psychologist does Lewis refer?

5. Though Lewis says in "On Forgiveness" that we should forgive someone who breaks a promise, he also says what?

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