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

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

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) Victorian.
(d) Elizabethan.

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

5. In "The Inner Ring", Lewis says what about the existence of inner rings?
(a) It is good.
(b) It is unavoidable.
(c) It is evil.
(d) It is avoidable.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Membership" states that humility is the road to what?

2. While discussing mythology and religion, Lewis says that he likes all but which of the following mythologies better than Christianity?

3. When discussing forgiveness, from what does Lewis say a great deal of our anxiousness to make excuses for sin come?

4. According to Lewis's discussion of forgiveness, what is the the same about us forgiving others and God forgiving us?

5. When discussing religion in private life, Lewis says that we live today in a society starved for all but which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to "The Inner Ring", what is the difference between a small musical group and an inner ring?

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

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

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

6. In the discussion of the inner ring, what does Lewis say we hope to achieve by getting inside the ring?

7. In the opening of "The Inner Ring", what does Lewis believe of the desire to be inside the inner ring?

8. What does Lewis say in "Membership" is the problem with the word membership?

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

10. When discussing the common idea that we are all equal in the sight of God, Lewis proposes what he admits may seem to be a paradox. Explain the paradox.

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