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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer 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) Unselfishness.
(b) Love.
(c) Foolishness.
(d) Fairness.

2. In "Is Theology Poetry?" what writer does Lewis reference when talking about the Scientific Outlook?
(a) J.R.R. Tolkien.
(b) H.G. Wells.
(c) George Orwell.
(d) Robert A. Heinlein.

3. Which author does Lewis quote in "Membership" as saying that to be happy at home is the end of all human endeavor?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Byron.
(c) Wordsworth.
(d) Keats.

4. With what famous author does Lewis begin "The Inner Ring"?
(a) Bacon.
(b) Shelley.
(c) Tolstoi.
(d) Wordsworth.

5. Lewis says, when discussing the inner ring phenomenon, that we hope for tangible profit from every ring such as all but which of the following?
(a) Liberty.
(b) Power.
(c) Love.
(d) Money.

6. Lewis says that, when faced with the question of poetry in theology, he naturally turns to the believer he knows best. To whom does he refer?
(a) His pastor.
(b) His wife.
(c) Himself.
(d) God.

7. 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) Fortune.
(b) Scoundrelism.
(c) Inner Ring.
(d) Love.

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

9. In his discussion of the inner ring, Lewis says that a person may tell themselves it is a hardship to do what?
(a) Stay late at work.
(b) Be a member of society.
(c) Be one of a few in charge.
(d) Go to a dinner party.

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

11. Lewis says, when discussing forgiveness, that very often when praying he finds that he has asked God not to forgive him, but for what?
(a) To punish others.
(b) To excuse him.
(c) To make life easier.
(d) To grant some wish.

12. According to Lewis's description of a middle-aged moralist, such a person should warn juniors against all but which of the following?
(a) The devil.
(b) Flesh.
(c) Temptation.
(d) The world.

13. In his discussion of forgiveness, what does Lewis have to say about God and extenuating circumstances?
(a) There is no such thing as extenuating circumstances.
(b) He will not overlook them.
(c) There are always extenuating circumstances.
(d) He will overlook them.

14. 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) Shakespearean.
(b) Elizabethan.
(c) Biblical.
(d) Victorian.

15. "Membership" states that obedience is the road to what?
(a) Personality.
(b) Pleasure.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Peace.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to "On Forgiveness", it is a safe bet in regard to our own sins that the excuses are what?

3. In "Membership", Lewis says that the modern notion that children should call their parents by their Christian names is what?

4. Lewis says, in "The Inner Ring", that in the next ten years his audience will be busy doing all but which of the following?

5. In regard to poetry, Lewis says what in "Is Theology Poetry?" about the Old and New Testaments?

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