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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Slip of the Tongue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lewis contends in his discussion of Pacifism that, rather than fanaticism, the best results are obtained by all but which of the following limited objectives?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) World peace.
(c) Prison reform.
(d) Abolition of slave trade.

2. Why, according to "Membership", has even the authority of man over beast been interfered with?
(a) The church no longer accepts it.
(b) It is not used anyway.
(c) It is constantly abused.
(d) God did not intend it.

3. As "Why I am Not a Pacifist" closes, Lewis says that we have learned that though the world is slow to forgive, it is what?
(a) Quick to forget.
(b) Quick to remember.
(c) Lacking in memory.
(d) Quick to anger.

4. In "The Weight of Glory", Lewis says nineteen out of twenty men today would respond that what is the highest of the virtues?
(a) Courage.
(b) Unselfishness.
(c) Humility.
(d) Love.

5. Which analogy does Lewis use when discussing the seeming pointlessness of continuing education during a war?
(a) Talking to a brick wall.
(b) Fiddling while Rome burns.
(c) Not having enough sense to come in out of the rain.
(d) A race against time.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "On Forgiveness", what part of forgiveness are we responsible for taking to God?

2. "Membership" says that the modern idea that religion belongs to our private life is all but which of the following?

3. Why, according to Lewis's discussion of temporal things, does the Archdeacon at once make changes to his will when angry with his son?

4. In "On Forgiveness", Lewis says that in the case of the sins of others we do what?

5. In "Membership", Lewis cautions against mistaking necessary evils for what?

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