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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the opening of "Learning in War-time", Lewis says that a university is a __________ for the pursuit of learning.
(a) Institution.
(b) Club.
(c) Society.
(d) Organization.

2. What happens at the end of Lewis's analogy when the boy in the dungeon learns that there are no pencil marks in the outside world?
(a) He becomes angry with his mother for lying.
(b) He is released from prison.
(c) His notion of the world becomes blank.
(d) The mother has to rethink her strategy.

3. While talking about duty in wartime, Lewis says that God's claim on us is which of the following?
(a) Infinite.
(b) Necessary.
(c) Absolute.
(d) Relentless.

4. As "Why I am Not a Pacifist" closes, Lewis says that we have learned that though the world is slow to forgive, it is what?
(a) Quick to remember.
(b) Lacking in memory.
(c) Quick to anger.
(d) Quick to forget.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis states in "The Weight of Glory" that no one can enter heaven except as a child, and that ____________is obvious in any good child.

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

3. According to "On Forgiveness", it is a safe bet in regard to our own sins that the excuses are what?

4. In his discussion of right and wrong, Lewis says that any concrete train of reasoning involves all but which of the following elements?

5. Lewis says in "The Inner Ring" that an egoist is all but which of the following?

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