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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Lewis, individuals are able to do which of the following in relation to the need pleasures of others?
(a) Be oblivious.
(b) Be disinterested.
(c) Be critical.
(d) Be supportive.

2. According to Lewis, what do some people claim in relation to the most common type of love felt by a person for God?
(a) An inexplicable connection.
(b) An inexplicable feeling.
(c) A higher love.
(d) Need love.

3. Which of the following elements does Lewis attribute to making people judge others by themselves?
(a) Age.
(b) Religion.
(c) Human emotion.
(d) Contemplation.

4. A person enjoying a glass of water is illustrative of which of the following types of pleasure, according to Lewis?
(a) Desire pleasure.
(b) Genuine pleasure.
(c) Need pleasure.
(d) Temporary pleasure.

5. According to Lewis, affection usually provides the following:
(a) Comfort.
(b) Devotion
(c) Attention.
(d) Charisma.

6. Who, according to Lewis, is more likely to be consumed by love?
(a) A person who loves sporadically.
(b) A person who loves absolutely.
(c) A person who loves superficially.
(d) A person who loves spontaneously.

7. Which of the following does Lewis cite as being at the bottom of love?
(a) Appreciation.
(b) Notice.
(c) Like.
(d) Reverence.

8. What aspect within their lives do people tend to place most importance upon (along with themselves) in order to put themselves in the best possible light?
(a) Their children.
(b) Their neighborhood.
(c) Their country.
(d) Their parents.

9. According to Lewis, affection can be felt between two people who:
(a) Have little in common.
(b) Share common interests.
(c) Seldom see one another.
(d) Maintain a business relationship between them.

10. Which of the following poets does Lewis quote when he writes, "A man's reason for not wanting his country to be ruled by foreigners are very like his reasons for not wanting his house to be burned down."
(a) William Wordsworth.
(b) Gilbert Keith Chesterton.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Robert Browning.

11. At what level does Lewis suggest that patriotism be maintained?
(a) At a high level.
(b) At a healthy level.
(c) At a low level.
(d) At an unhealthy level.

12. Lewis warns against allowing love from becoming which of the following?
(a) Superficial.
(b) Conditional.
(c) All-consuming.
(d) Unrequited.

13. Which of the following does Lewis NOT cite as happening to need love with the passage of time?
(a) Recur.
(b) Evolve.
(c) Grow.
(d) Diminish.

14. Dirt, writes Lewis in the introduction to his book, is clean as long as it remains on the ground, and not on which of the following?
(a) Church altar.
(b) Hospital floor.
(c) Library floor.
(d) Kitchen floor.

15. Lewis cites that his own generation was told not to use which of the following words in relation to strawberries?
(a) Adore.
(b) Like.
(c) Love.
(d) Appreciate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lewis surmise as being the basis for friendship?

2. Which of the following does Lewis cite as not inherent in affection?

3. The ultimate destination that Lewis mentions in the introduction to his book is which of the following?

4. Which of the following is one of author C.S. Lewis' categorizations of love?

5. Affection, according to Lewis, is the type of love that is the least of which of the following?.

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