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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In "Is Theology Poetry?" what writer does Lewis reference when talking about the Scientific Outlook?
(a) George Orwell.
(b) Robert A. Heinlein.
(c) J.R.R. Tolkien.
(d) H.G. Wells.

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

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

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

7. In the opening of "The Inner Ring", Lewis says that he will not attempt to talk about what?
(a) Current affairs.
(b) Morals.
(c) Religion.
(d) Life.

8. In "Membership", Lewis cautions against mistaking necessary evils for what?
(a) Good.
(b) Absolute evils.
(c) Justice.
(d) Fate.

9. According to "On Forgiveness", what part of forgiveness are we responsible for taking to God?
(a) Excuses.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Circumstances.
(d) Sin.

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

11. In regard to poetry, Lewis says what in "Is Theology Poetry?" about the Old and New Testaments?
(a) Both are equally poetical.
(b) Old Testament is less poetical than New.
(c) Neither are very poetical.
(d) New Testament is less poetical than Old.

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

13. In his discussion of the inner ring, Lewis says that a person may tell themselves it is a hardship to do what?
(a) Be a member of society.
(b) Stay late at work.
(c) Be one of a few in charge.
(d) Go to a dinner party.

14. In "On Forgiveness", Lewis says that God must often think of excuses we do not and that upon death some may find what?
(a) They sinned more than they thought.
(b) They have never sinned at all.
(c) They sinned less than they thought.
(d) They never truly asked for forgiveness.

15. 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) Scoundrelism.
(c) Inner Ring.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Though Lewis says in "On Forgiveness" that we should forgive someone who breaks a promise, he also says what?

2. In "Is Theology Poetry?" how does Lewis define theology?

3. In "Membership", Lewis says that the modern notion that children should call their parents by their Christian names is what?

4. Lewis says in "The Inner Ring" that an egoist is all but which of the following?

5. In "Is Theology Poetry?" what era of tragedy does Lewis describe as one where the protagonist's life is represented by a slowly rising and then quickly falling curve?

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