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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to "On Forgiveness", we believe that God forgives sin but that He will not do so unless what?
(a) We pray for forgiveness.
(b) We are truly repentant.
(c) We forgive sins against us.
(d) We do not commit the same sin again.

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

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

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

5. When discussing the meaning of poetry, Lewis says he feels sure the examiners were not asking if theologians are masters of all but which of the following styles?
(a) Artistic.
(b) Sensuous.
(c) Simple.
(d) Passionate.

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

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

8. Lewis says in "Membership" that he does not believe God created what kind of world?
(a) Republican.
(b) Democratic.
(c) Communist.
(d) Egalitarian.

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

10. Lewis concludes "Is Theology Poetry?" by saying that Christian theology can fit into all but which of the following things?
(a) Romance.
(b) Morality.
(c) Art.
(d) Science.

11. Toward the end of "Membership", Lewis says that it is a pestilent notion that we each start with something called ____________ locked up inside us.
(a) Equality.
(b) Obedience.
(c) Humility.
(d) Personality.

12. Lewis says, when discussing forgiveness, that very often when praying he finds that he has asked God not to forgive him, but for what?
(a) To make life easier.
(b) To punish others.
(c) To excuse him.
(d) To grant some wish.

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

14. Lewis states when discussing theology that only a minority of world religions have a theology. What ancient culture does he use as an example?
(a) Greek.
(b) Egyptian.
(c) Mayan.
(d) Roman.

15. 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?
(a) Victorian.
(b) Elizabethan.
(c) Biblical.
(d) Shakespearean.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Lewis in "On Forgiveness", excusing that which produces a really good excuse is not charity but what?

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

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

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

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

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