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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In discussing war's effect on humanity, Lewis says that human life has always been lived where?
(a) Out in the open.
(b) Within an unsustainable model.
(c) Behind closed doors.
(d) On the edge of a precipice.

2. In "Why I am Not a Pacifist", what does Lewis say is the first of three possible ways to interpret the command to turn the other cheek?
(a) Exceptional cases.
(b) Pacifist approach.
(c) Literal interpretation.
(d) Minimizing approach.

3. In "The Inner Ring", Lewis says what about the existence of inner rings?
(a) It is evil.
(b) It is avoidable.
(c) It is unavoidable.
(d) It is good.

4. In "On Forgiveness", Lewis says that God must often think of excuses we do not and that upon death some may find what?
(a) They sinned less than they thought.
(b) They have never sinned at all.
(c) They sinned more than they thought.
(d) They never truly asked for forgiveness.

5. When discussing forgiveness, from what does Lewis say a great deal of our anxiousness to make excuses for sin come?
(a) From being sure that God does not understand.
(b) From the idea that we will always be sinners.
(c) From not really believing in forgiveness.
(d) From a paranoia that we are truly wrong.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Though Lewis says in "On Forgiveness" that we should forgive someone who breaks a promise, he also says what?

3. In "The Inner Ring", Lewis says that the hint toward a certain path will likely come just as one is anxious not to appear to be all but which of the following?

4. When discussing mental exercises to defend the scholar against war, what does Lewis give as the second enemy?

5. In "On Forgiveness", Lewis says that in the case of the sins of others we do what?

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