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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through On Forgiveness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 should pretend the promise was never made.
(c) We don't have to believe the next promise.
(d) We should believe the next promise.

2. Lewis states that we are half-hearted creatures because, when offered infinite joy, we fool around with all but which of the following instead?
(a) Sex.
(b) Ambition.
(c) Drink.
(d) Love.

3. Which of the following groups does Lewis NOT mention as fanatical in "Why I am Not a Pacifist"?
(a) Freudians.
(b) Spiritualists.
(c) Leninists.
(d) Marxists.

4. What professor does Lewis quote in "Is Theology Poetry?" as defending evolution simply because creationism is too incredible to believe?
(a) Dawkins.
(b) Sagan.
(c) Watson.
(d) Darwin.

5. In "The Weight of Glory", Lewis says he thinks the idea that desiring good for ourselves and enjoying it is bad comes from which philosopher's thoughts?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Kant.
(c) Pascal.
(d) Aquinas.

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. What happens at the end of Lewis's analogy when the boy in the dungeon learns that there are no pencil marks in the outside world?

3. In the opening of "On Forgiveness", Lewis says what about believing in the forgiveness of sins?

4. In "Transposition", Lewis says that we often feel as though the vision of God will destroy our nature and that this feeling underlies our use of all but which of these words?

5. While discussing Pacifism, Lewis mentions that he believes only one world religion is truly Pacifist. To which religion does he refer?

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