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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Slip of the Tongue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to "On Forgiveness", it is a safe bet in regard to the sins of others that the excuses are what?
(a) Not as good as we think.
(b) Sufficient for God.
(c) Completely irrelevant.
(d) Better than we think.

2. What sort of fanatic does Lewis describe in "Why I am Not a Pacifist" who has an unanswerable intuition that strong drink is wrong?
(a) Excess.
(b) Sobriety.
(c) Control.
(d) Temperance.

3. In "Is Theology Poetry?" how does Lewis define theology?
(a) Study of God's relation to the universe.
(b) Analysis of God.
(c) Study of religious truth.
(d) Series of statements about God.

4. Why, according to "Membership", has even the authority of man over beast been interfered with?
(a) It is constantly abused.
(b) God did not intend it.
(c) The church no longer accepts it.
(d) It is not used anyway.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis states in his discussions of different virtues that the negative idea of unselfishness carries the primary suggestion of what?

2. Lewis contends in his discussion of Pacifism that, rather than fanaticism, the best results are obtained by all but which of the following limited objectives?

3. When discussing God's demands of us, what does Lewis say will be His response to our repeated failures?

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?

5. When discussing forgiveness, from what does Lewis say a great deal of our anxiousness to make excuses for sin come?

(see the answer key)

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