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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay 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 do not commit the same sin again.
(b) We are truly repentant.
(c) We pray for forgiveness.
(d) We forgive sins against us.

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

3. 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) Biblical.
(b) Shakespearean.
(c) Elizabethan.
(d) Victorian.

4. In "Is Theology Poetry?" what mythological person does Lewis say has a far more heroic appeal than the Christian God?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Odin.
(c) Anu.
(d) Jupiter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Lewis's discussion of membership, what did St. Paul mean by the word "members" in the original Greek context?

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

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

4. What famous work by Keats does Lewis say in "Is Theology Poetry?" is even better than ancient mythology?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lewis refrain from calling inner rings evil in "The Inner Ring"?

2. In "Membership", why is the idea that religion should take place in solitude a dangerous one?

3. At the opening of "Is Theology Poetry?", how does Lewis define theology? Explain.

4. Why, in his discussion of forgiveness, does Lewis say he has come to agree that the section on forgiveness does need to be included in the Creed?

5. How does Lewis respond, when discussing whether theology is merely poetry, to the idea that Christians believe their theology because they find it the most poetically appealing of their options?

6. Why, according to Lewis's discussion of forgiveness, is it so important for us to forgive those who sin against us?

7. What does Lewis say frequently happens when he thinks he is asking God to forgive him?

8. What disadvantages does Lewis say in "Is Theology Poetry?" does Christianity have when faced with other doctrines?

9. What does Lewis say in his discussion of forgiveness is the hardest part about forgiving others?

10. What, according to Lewis in "Is Theology Poetry?", do his examiners really intend to ask?

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