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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Lewis, a person should constantly be doing which of the following?
(a) Educating himself/herself.
(b) Helping others.
(c) Constantly growing closer to God.
(d) In tune with nature.

2. Lewis states that all things should remain in which of the following ways?
(a) Sporadic.
(b) In context.
(c) In order.
(d) Constant.

3. Where does Lewis cite as having been the site for his organization of his thoughts about love?
(a) In his mind.
(b) In the house where he was raised.
(c) In St. Croix, where he honeymooned.
(d) At his old high school, where he met his first love.

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

5. According to Lewis, what type of patriotism level is required for leaders to undertake wicked actions?
(a) High level.
(b) Unhealthy level.
(c) Healthy level.
(d) Low level.

6. According to Lewis, when is it that problems in love arise?
(a) When love is allowed to diminish.
(b) When love is allowed to recur in one's life.
(c) When love is allowed to grow too far out of bounds.
(d) When love is allowed to take over one's life.

7. 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) Closer in actual distance.
(b) Farther in absolute distance.
(c) Equidistant from his destination.
(d) Closer in absolute distance.

8. 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) Hospital floor.
(b) Church altar.
(c) Library floor.
(d) Kitchen floor.

9. 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) Patronize the object of appreciation.
(c) Bring the object of appreciation to the attention of others.
(d) Protect the object of appreciation.

10. Which of the following would be a terrible companion for a nature lover, according to Lewis?
(a) An ecologist.
(b) An anthropologist.
(c) A botanist.
(d) A geologist.

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

12. Which of the following does Lewis cite as not inherent in affection?
(a) Deep bonds.
(b) Loyalty.
(c) Admiration.
(d) Respect.

13. According to Lewis, when will our need for God end?
(a) At age 90.
(b) Never.
(c) At death.
(d) At age 100.

14. While discussing affection that can occur between different species of animals, Lewis mentions that he has heard of affection occurring between a horse and which of the following?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A hen.
(c) A duck.
(d) A pig.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Lewis, affection is a necessary part of which of the following?

2. Lewis writes that he selected his books the same way that he selected which of the following?

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

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

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

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