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

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

3. In his description of the inner ring, what does Lewis say happens when we get close to the ring?
(a) We are accepted into the ring.
(b) There isn't actually a ring at all.
(c) There is another ring inside it.
(d) We are no longer interested in the ring.

4. Lewis says that, when faced with the question of poetry in theology, he naturally turns to the believer he knows best. To whom does he refer?
(a) God.
(b) His wife.
(c) Himself.
(d) His pastor.

5. In the discussion of how to respond to military service, Lewis states that the decision is generally made by what?
(a) Government.
(b) Conscience.
(c) Individuals.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his discussion of fairies, Lewis says that belief in them would spoil the reading of what famous Shakespearean work for him?

2. In his discussion of what it takes to be a member of the inner ring, Lewis says that the trial for the inner ring may end in all but which of the following ways?

3. Toward the end of "A Slip of the Tongue," Lewis says that he is not in despair and that he has become what some might call what?

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

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

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