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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 the idea of glory, Lewis says that it is perhaps crude but also accurate to describe glory as what?
(a) A means to an end.
(b) Being noticed by God.
(c) The ultimate sacrifice.
(d) An inner peace.

2. Which of the following does Lewis quote in "Transposition" in his attempt to refute religious critics?
(a) Pepys' Diary.
(b) A Modest Proposal.
(c) Beowulf.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

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

4. Lewis states in "Learning in War-time" that St. Paul tells people to do what?
(a) Live as best they can.
(b) Get on with their jobs.
(c) Follow all the rules.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

5. According to Lewis in his discussion of Pacifism, what sort of society tolerates Pacifists?
(a) Conservative.
(b) Liberal.
(c) Anarchist.
(d) Religious.

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 says in "The Weight of Glory" that heaven is, by definition, what?

3. In "Is Theology Poetry?" what era of tragedy does Lewis describe as one where the protagonist's life is represented by a slowly rising and then quickly falling curve?

4. Lewis describes, in "Why I am Not a Pacifist," a belief that human history is a unilinear movement from worse to better. What term does he use for this belief?

5. Lewis states that we are half-hearted creatures because, when offered infinite joy, we fool around with all but which of the following instead?

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