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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While talking about his war experience, Lewis refers to which of the following famous writers?
(a) Shelley.
(b) Keats.
(c) Tolstoi.
(d) Wordsworth.

2. In "Is Theology Poetry?" what mythological person does Lewis say has a far more heroic appeal than the Christian God?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Anu.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Odin.

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

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

5. While discussing the cynic's questions about religion, Lewis says that religious language and imagery contains nothing that has not been borrowed from what?
(a) Pastors.
(b) Nature.
(c) Literature.
(d) Bible.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis says, when discussing forgiveness, that very often when praying he finds that he has asked God not to forgive him, but for what?

2. 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?

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

4. When discussing the perception that some activities are more worthy of God's attention than others, Lewis says Arnold first used the word "spiritual" to replace what German word?

5. While discussing Pacifism, Lewis mentions that he believes only one world religion is truly Pacifist. To which religion does he refer?

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