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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Lewis's discussion of membership, what did St. Paul mean by the word "members" in the original Greek context?
(a) Individuals.
(b) Pieces.
(c) Class.
(d) Organs.

3. In the opening of "On Forgiveness", Lewis says what about believing in the forgiveness of sins?
(a) It is not as easy as he thought.
(b) It is irrelevant to the Christian faith.
(c) It is essential to the Christian faith.
(d) It is easier than he thought.

4. 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) Ignore the offender.
(b) Pay back the offender.
(c) Hurt the offender.
(d) Humiliate the offender.

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

6. According to Lewis's description of a middle-aged moralist, such a person should warn juniors against all but which of the following?
(a) Temptation.
(b) The world.
(c) Flesh.
(d) The devil.

7. 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) His pastor.
(b) Himself.
(c) God.
(d) His wife.

8. In his discussion of fairies, Lewis says that belief in them would spoil the reading of what famous Shakespearean work for him?
(a) Midsummer Night's Dream.
(b) Macbeth.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) Much Ado about Nothing.

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

10. "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) Muslims.
(d) Buddhists.

11. Lewis says, in "The Inner Ring", that in the next ten years his audience will be busy doing all but which of the following?
(a) Bringing peace to Europe.
(b) Getting married.
(c) Finding jobs.
(d) Acquiring facts.

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

13. When discussing the possible future of his audience, Lewis says that for nine out of ten of them the choice will come which could lead to what?
(a) Fortune.
(b) Inner Ring.
(c) Love.
(d) Scoundrelism.

14. "Membership" says that the modern idea that religion belongs to our private life is all but which of the following?
(a) Paradoxical.
(b) Desirable.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Natural.

15. According to Lewis's discussion of forgiveness, what is the the same about us forgiving others and God forgiving us?
(a) Forgiving does not mean excusing.
(b) There is nothing the same.
(c) We don't have to forgive each other.
(d) Forgiving means excusing.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Membership" states that humility is the road to what?

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

3. In "Is Theology Poetry?" what mythological person does Lewis say has a far more heroic appeal than the Christian God?

4. Lewis says in "The Inner Ring" that he will leave which of the following topics strictly alone?

5. In "Membership", Lewis cautions against mistaking necessary evils for what?

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