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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lewis acknowledges which of the following as being a category of love?
(a) Natural love.
(b) Appreciative love.
(c) Familial love.
(d) Unrequited love.

2. Unlike affection, Lewis writes, people feel that they have to take action in order to attract which of the following?
(a) Dignity and respect.
(b) Self-assurance and worth.
(c) Friendship or erotic love.
(d) Love and security.

3. Are any of the following pleasures cited as being existent by Lewis?
(a) Need pleasure.
(b) Inherent pleasure.
(c) Aromatic pleasure.
(d) Nostalgic pleasure.

4. The most common type of love that people feel for God is which type of love?
(a) Gift love.
(b) Agape love.
(c) Need love.
(d) Deity love.

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

6. Lewis describes affection as not being which of the following?
(a) Spontaneous.
(b) Effervescing.
(c) Covert.
(d) Overt.

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

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

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

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

11. A man who works, saves, and plans for his family's future, according to Lewis, is exhibiting which type of love?
(a) Agape love.
(b) Fatherly love.
(c) Gift love.
(d) True love.

12. The love of a child for a parent is which type of love?
(a) Inherent love.
(b) Genuine love.
(c) Need love.
(d) Platonic love.

13. Lewis writes that human emotion tends to lead people toward doing which of the following?
(a) Allow others to influence them for the sake of acceptance and approval.
(b) Seek genuine love.
(c) Be fearful of love.
(d) Judge others by themselves.

14. 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) Gilbert Keith Chesterton.
(b) William Wordsworth.
(c) Robert Browning.
(d) Walt Whitman.

15. Lewis cites that which of the following can be deemed heroic?
(a) Disinterest.
(b) Desire pleasure.
(c) Appreciative love.
(d) Gift love.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Lewis, what does affection expand to when the person upon whom affection is directed is gone?

2. How many types of pleasure exist, according to Lewis?

3. Nature, writes Lewis, should not be used as a means to justify which of the following?

4. Lewis writes that many people have problems doing which of the following in relation to truth?

5. What is the length of Lewis' introduction to his book?

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