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

2. Lewis states that we are creatures who are every moment advancing toward either heaven or hell, and that we still spend time on all but which of the following trivialities?
(a) Theology.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Literature.
(d) Art.

3. In "Why I am Not a Pacifist", Lewis says he believes the art of life consists in tackling _______________ as well as we can.
(a) Suffering.
(b) Immediate evil.
(c) World hunger.
(d) World war.

4. What author does Lewis quote in "A Slip of the Tongue" as saying that sometimes we rise from prayer quickly in fear that God's will might become too unmistakable?
(a) The name is forgotten.
(b) Keats.
(c) Wordsworth.
(d) Himself.

5. 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 the idea that we will always be sinners.
(d) From a paranoia that we are truly wrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the close of "A Slip of the Tongue" Lewis says that we will never drive the invader out on this side of death but that what?

2. In "Is Theology Poetry?" Lewis states that when you reach the New Testament truth is incarnate, and in this, "incarnate" is more than just what?

3. Lewis states in "The Weight of Glory" that no one can enter heaven except as a child, and that ____________is obvious in any good child.

4. On the subject of choices, Lewis says that in this case Heaven and Hell do what?

5. In "The Weight of Glory", Lewis states that he is shocked to find all but which of the following Christians taking heavenly glory quite literally?

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