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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lewis says in "The Inner Ring" that an egoist is all but which of the following?
(a) Ruthless.
(b) Treacherous.
(c) Rude.
(d) Unscrupulous.

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

3. With what famous author does Lewis begin "The Inner Ring"?
(a) Bacon.
(b) Tolstoi.
(c) Wordsworth.
(d) Shelley.

4. In "The Weight of Glory", Lewis states that he is shocked to find all but which of the following Christians taking heavenly glory quite literally?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Solomon.
(c) Milton.
(d) Aquinas.

5. Lewis states that we are creatures who are every moment advancing toward either heaven or hell, and that we still spend time on all but which of the following trivialities?
(a) Art.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Theology.
(d) Literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis comments, when discussing the appropriateness of scholarship during war, that our tendency to focus on things other than war is our nature rather than what?

2. "Learning in War-time" says that all our activities will be accepted as long as what occurs?

3. In his description of the inner ring, what does Lewis say happens when we get close to the ring?

4. 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?

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

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