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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which type of pleasure, according to Lewis, lasts only as long as the need for it does?
(a) Need pleasure.
(b) Sporadic pleasure.
(c) Involuntary pleasure.
(d) Temporary pleasure.

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 feeling.
(b) A higher love.
(c) An inexplicable connection.
(d) Need love.

3. What topic does Lewis focus on at the opening of the introduction to his book?
(a) How he learned to love God.
(b) How he loved his immediate family.
(c) How he decided to write about love.
(d) How he fell in love with his wife.

4. Lewis notes that in the case of an alcoholic, desire pleasure can give way to which type of pleasure?
(a) Genuine pleasure.
(b) Need pleasure.
(c) Absolute pleasure.
(d) Sporadic pleasure.

5. 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 parents.
(c) Their neighborhood.
(d) Their country.

6. When people ask for God's intervention and forgiveness, Lewis notes, they are exemplifying which type of love?
(a) Need love.
(b) Agape love.
(c) Gift love.
(d) Deity love.

7. According to Lewis, appreciative love is usually accompanied by a tendency to want to do which of the following?
(a) Spend a lot of time with the object of appreciation.
(b) Protect the object of appreciation.
(c) Patronize the object of appreciation.
(d) Bring the object of appreciation to the attention of others.

8. The clergyman whom Lewis encountered and conversed with concerning the validity of statements made by those who believed that their mother country had the most beautiful women and the most heroic men was from which of the following countries?
(a) England.
(b) Finland.
(c) Japan.
(d) Sweden.

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

10. What literary technique does Lewis use to make his points on the subject of love?
(a) Simile.
(b) Antithesis.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Analogy.

11. According to Lewis, what does affection expand to when the person upon whom affection is directed is gone?
(a) Appreciation.
(b) Love.
(c) Fondness.
(d) Praise.

12. In Lewis' example of an individual making his way toward his ultimate destination, each movement that he makes puts him at which of the following distances from his goal?
(a) Farther in absolute distance.
(b) Equidistant from his destination.
(c) Closer in absolute distance.
(d) Closer in actual distance.

13. Lewis points out that patriotism can be aimed at all but which of the following?
(a) Political party.
(b) School.
(c) Country.
(d) Family.

14. According to Lewis, it is necessary to make which of the following out of nature?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A theory.
(c) An opinion.
(d) A forecast.

15. Lewis illustrates "appreciative love" by using which of the following as an example?
(a) Jeweler.
(b) Wine connoisseur.
(c) Waitress.
(d) Baker.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what level does Lewis suggest that patriotism be maintained?

2. Unlike affection, Lewis writes, people feel that they have to take action in order to attract which of the following?

3. According to Lewis, individuals are able to do which of the following in relation to the need pleasures of others?

4. Which of the following best describes Lewis' introduction to his book?

5. Lewis notes that affection ignores which of the following?

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