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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Is Theology Poetry?" Lewis says that Europe took a major interest in classical mythology during which periods?
(a) 19th to 21st centuries.
(b) 4th to 9th centuries.
(c) 10th to 15th centuries.
(d) 12th to 17th centuries.

2. Lewis says in "The Inner Ring" that an egoist is all but which of the following?
(a) Treacherous.
(b) Ruthless.
(c) Unscrupulous.
(d) Rude.

3. With what famous author does Lewis begin "The Inner Ring"?
(a) Tolstoi.
(b) Bacon.
(c) Wordsworth.
(d) Shelley.

4. In the opening of "Membership", Lewis says he believes it was one of the Wesleys who said that the New Testament knows nothing of what?
(a) Institutions.
(b) Assembly.
(c) Group religion.
(d) Solitary religion.

5. When talking about forgiving each other, Lewis says that we must make every effort to eliminate all but which of the following desires from our hearts?
(a) Hurt the offender.
(b) Ignore the offender.
(c) Humiliate the offender.
(d) Pay back the offender.

6. What famous work by Keats does Lewis say in "Is Theology Poetry?" is even better than ancient mythology?
(a) Hymn to Apollo.
(b) Endymion.
(c) Hyperion.
(d) Ode to Autumn.

7. While discussing mythology and religion, Lewis says that he likes all but which of the following mythologies better than Christianity?
(a) Roman.
(b) Irish.
(c) Norse.
(d) Greek.

8. "Is Theology Poetry?" states that while some divine illumination is given to all men, which group has received special illumination?
(a) Christians.
(b) Catholics.
(c) Buddhists.
(d) Muslims.

9. 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?
(a) Servitude.
(b) Crash.
(c) Disaster.
(d) Scandal.

10. In "The Inner Ring", Lewis says that the quest for the ring will break what?
(a) Minds.
(b) Friendships.
(c) Souls.
(d) Hearts.

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

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

13. What does Lewis say at the end of "On Forgiveness" is the hard part about forgiveness?
(a) To begin forgiving.
(b) To remember to forgive.
(c) To keep forgiving.
(d) To ask for help in forgiving.

14. In "On Forgiveness", Lewis says that in our own cases of sin we do what?
(a) Ignore the need for an excuse.
(b) Don't accept excuses easily enough.
(c) Accept excuses too easily.
(d) Let God supply the excuse.

15. In "Membership", Lewis says that the modern notion that children should call their parents by their Christian names is what?
(a) Obnoxious.
(b) Necessary.
(c) Perverse.
(d) Logical.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "On Forgiveness", what part of forgiveness are we responsible for taking to God?

2. In his discussion of forgiveness, what does Lewis have to say about God and extenuating circumstances?

3. In "On Forgiveness", Lewis says that God must often think of excuses we do not and that upon death some may find what?

4. 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?

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

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