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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lewis opens "Why I am Not a Pacifist" by saying military service can be all but which of the following?
(a) Wicked action.
(b) Morally indifferent.
(c) Unquestionably essential.
(d) Morally obligatory.

2. In his discussion of duty during war, Lewis says anyone who completely gives himself to a cause is giving to _______ that which belongs to God.
(a) Satan.
(b) His nation.
(c) Himself.
(d) Caesar.

3. 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.

4. In the opening of "On Forgiveness", Lewis says what about believing in the forgiveness of sins?
(a) It is not as easy as he thought.
(b) It is easier than he thought.
(c) It is essential to the Christian faith.
(d) It is irrelevant to the Christian faith.

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) Theology.
(c) Literature.
(d) Mathematics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Why I am Not a Pacifist" Lewis says that nothing should be treated as intuition unless what?

2. According to Lewis's discussion of membership, what did St. Paul mean by the word "members" in the original Greek context?

3. Lewis states in "Learning in War-time" that St. Paul tells people to do what?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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