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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When discussing religion in private life, Lewis says that we live today in a society starved for all but which of the following?
(a) Solitude.
(b) Religion.
(c) Privacy.
(d) Silence.

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

3. 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) Living for.
(b) Encouraging.
(c) Risking war over.
(d) Losing money for.

4. Toward the end of "The Weight of Glory", Lewis says that our merriment must be of people who take each other seriously, which means with none of all but which?
(a) Presumption.
(b) Superiority.
(c) Flippancy.
(d) Spite.

5. While talking about his experience in war, Lewis says he found what as he got closer to the front lines?
(a) Everyone spoke more about the war.
(b) Everyone spoke less about the war.
(c) Religion became more important.
(d) Religion became less important.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Learning in War-time", Lewis says that the tendency of Christians to avoid mentioning heaven or hell is what?

2. Lewis gives the example of Pepys in his discussion of transposition, saying that Pepys experienced the same sensation from all but which of the following?

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

4. Lewis states in his discussions of different virtues that the negative idea of unselfishness carries the primary suggestion of what?

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

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