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

2. Lewis says, in "The Inner Ring", that in the next ten years his audience will be busy doing all but which of the following?
(a) Finding jobs.
(b) Bringing peace to Europe.
(c) Getting married.
(d) Acquiring facts.

3. Though Lewis says in "On Forgiveness" that we should forgive someone who breaks a promise, he also says what?
(a) We should never speak to the person again.
(b) We don't have to believe the next promise.
(c) We should believe the next promise.
(d) We should pretend the promise was never made.

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

5. "Is Theology Poetry?" states that while some divine illumination is given to all men, which group has received special illumination?
(a) Buddhists.
(b) Christians.
(c) Catholics.
(d) Muslims.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his discussion of sin, what does Lewis say constitutes real forgiveness?

2. When discussing Christian solitude, Lewis says that Christians are called not to _____________ but to membership in the mystical body.

3. When discussing the concept of unity, Lewis gives the example of all but which of the following characters from "The Wind in the Willows"?

4. What does Lewis say at the end of "On Forgiveness" is the hard part about forgiveness?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why, according to "Membership", is Christianity institutional in the earliest documents?

2. 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?

3. 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?

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

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

6. 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?

7. Explain the Creed, as discussed in "On Forgiveness".

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

9. Lewis says in "On Forgiveness" that there are two remedies for the danger of excusing ourselves from sin. Explain these two remedies.

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

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