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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When discussing religion in private life, Lewis says that we live today in a society starved for all but which of the following?
(a) Silence.
(b) Privacy.
(c) Religion.
(d) Solitude.

2. When discussing Christian solitude, Lewis says that Christians are called not to _____________ but to membership in the mystical body.
(a) Charity.
(b) Solitude.
(c) Individualism.
(d) Worship.

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

4. In his discussion of forgiveness, Lewis says that to be a Christian means to forgive what?
(a) The unfathomable.
(b) The inexcusable.
(c) The illogical.
(d) The irrational.

5. In "Membership", Lewis says that _________ has replaced friendship.
(a) Society.
(b) Acquaintance.
(c) Solitude.
(d) Caucus.

6. According to Lewis's discussion of religion in private life, this phenomenon can be seen even where?
(a) In the workplace.
(b) In society.
(c) At university.
(d) In church.

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

8. 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) Hurt the offender.
(c) Humiliate the offender.
(d) Pay back the offender.

9. In "The Inner Ring", Lewis says that the hint toward a certain path will likely come just as one is anxious not to appear to be all but which of the following?
(a) Naive.
(b) Crude.
(c) Prig.
(d) Poor.

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

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

12. According to Lewis in "On Forgiveness", excusing that which produces a really good excuse is not charity but what?
(a) Unselfishness.
(b) Foolishness.
(c) Fairness.
(d) Love.

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

14. In his discussion of sin, what does Lewis say constitutes real forgiveness?
(a) Ignoring the sin.
(b) Looking steadily at the sin.
(c) Making excuses for the sin.
(d) Asking God to help with the sin.

15. In his discussion of forgiveness, what does Lewis have to say about God and extenuating circumstances?
(a) He will overlook them.
(b) He will not overlook them.
(c) There is no such thing as extenuating circumstances.
(d) There are always extenuating circumstances.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Is Theology Poetry?" what writer does Lewis reference when talking about the Scientific Outlook?

2. Lewis states in "Membership" that _____________ is a quantitative term and that therefore love knows nothing of it.

3. To which famous philosopher does Lewis refer at the end of "The Inner Ring"?

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

5. 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?

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