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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. In "Membership", Lewis says that _________ has replaced friendship.
(a) Caucus.
(b) Acquaintance.
(c) Society.
(d) Solitude.
2. 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) Love.
(b) Inner Ring.
(c) Scoundrelism.
(d) Fortune.
3. 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 be outside the ring.
(d) To bring others into the ring.
4. To which poet does Lewis refer in "The Inner Ring"?
(a) Byron.
(b) Frost.
(c) Bacon.
(d) Shelley.
5. In his discussion of forgiveness, Lewis says that to be a Christian means to forgive what?
(a) The irrational.
(b) The unfathomable.
(c) The inexcusable.
(d) The illogical.
Short Answer Questions
1. Lewis says in "The Inner Ring" that an egoist is all but which of the following?
2. To which famous philosopher does Lewis refer at the end of "The Inner Ring"?
3. In "Is Theology Poetry?" what writer does Lewis reference when talking about the Scientific Outlook?
4. "Membership" states that humility is the road to what?
5. Toward the end of "Membership", Lewis says that it is a pestilent notion that we each start with something called ____________ locked up inside us.
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Lewis say frequently happens when he thinks he is asking God to forgive him?
2. Why, according to "Is Theology Poetry?", do we not restate belief in a less poetical form free from metaphor and symbolism?
3. What does Lewis say in his discussion of forgiveness is the hardest part about forgiving others?
4. According to "The Inner Ring", what is the difference between a small musical group and an inner ring?
5. At the end of "Membership", Lewis says that he may have complicated a simple matter but that he was anxious to bring out what two points?
6. In his discussion of the inner ring, Lewis says that men tell their wives and themselves that it's a hardship to stay late at work or school. Why, according to Lewis, is this not quite true?
7. In the discussion of the inner ring, what does Lewis say we hope to achieve by getting inside the ring?
8. What disadvantages does Lewis say in "Is Theology Poetry?" does Christianity have when faced with other doctrines?
9. Why, according to "Membership", is Christianity institutional in the earliest documents?
10. What does Lewis say in "Membership" is the problem with the word membership?
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