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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Forgiving means excusing.
(c) We don't have to forgive each other.
(d) There is nothing the same.

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

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

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

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

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

8. "Membership" states that unity is the road to what?
(a) Personality.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Peace.

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

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

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

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

13. Lewis says, when discussing the inner ring phenomenon, that we hope for tangible profit from every ring such as all but which of the following?
(a) Liberty.
(b) Love.
(c) Money.
(d) Power.

14. In "The Inner Ring", what does Lewis say he thinks is one of the most dominant desires in human life?
(a) To prove that the ring doesn't exist.
(b) To be inside the ring.
(c) To bring others into the ring.
(d) To be outside the ring.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With what famous author does Lewis begin "The Inner Ring"?

3. Lewis says in "Membership" that he does not believe God created what kind of world?

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

5. According to "On Forgiveness", it is a safe bet in regard to our own sins that the excuses are what?

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