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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lewis states in "Membership" that _____________ is a quantitative term and that therefore love knows nothing of it.
(a) Obedience.
(b) Personality.
(c) Equality.
(d) Humility.

2. According to Lewis in "On Forgiveness", excusing that which produces a really good excuse is not charity but what?
(a) Unselfishness.
(b) Fairness.
(c) Foolishness.
(d) Love.

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

4. While discussing pagan religion, Lewis states that the plot of the cosmic story involves all but which of the following themes?
(a) Rebirth.
(b) Life.
(c) Incarnation.
(d) Death.

5. 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) Acquiring facts.
(c) Bringing peace to Europe.
(d) Getting married.

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

7. In discussing the inner ring, to which psychologist does Lewis refer?
(a) Bandura.
(b) Freud.
(c) Ainsworth.
(d) Erikson.

8. In his description of the inner ring, what does Lewis say happens when we get close to the ring?
(a) We are accepted into the ring.
(b) There is another ring inside it.
(c) There isn't actually a ring at all.
(d) We are no longer interested in the ring.

9. According to Lewis's discussion of forgiveness, what is the the same about us forgiving others and God forgiving us?
(a) There is nothing the same.
(b) Forgiving does not mean excusing.
(c) Forgiving means excusing.
(d) We don't have to forgive each other.

10. In "On Forgiveness", Lewis says that in the case of the sins of others we do what?
(a) Ignore the need for an excuse.
(b) Let God supply the excuse.
(c) Don't accept excuses easily enough.
(d) Accept excuses too easily.

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

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

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

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

15. 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) Wordsworth.
(c) Keats.
(d) Byron.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Inner Ring", Lewis says that the hint toward a certain path will likely come just as one is anxious not to appear to be all but which of the following?

2. With what famous author does Lewis begin "The Inner Ring"?

3. According to Lewis's description of a middle-aged moralist, such a person should warn juniors against all but which of the following?

4. In "Membership", Lewis cautions against mistaking necessary evils for 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.

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