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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What Lewis describes as taking place when love consumes a person's life and takes over can be referred to as which of the following?
(a) Devotion.
(b) Dominance.
(c) Perseverance.
(d) Addiction.

4. Which of the following can be correlated to patriotism?
(a) Appreciative love.
(b) Desire pleasure.
(c) Need love.
(d) Affection.

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 country.
(d) Their neighborhood.

6. Nature, writes Lewis, should not be used as a means to justify which of the following?
(a) Our own existence.
(b) The existence of God.
(c) Scientific theory.
(d) Reality.

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

8. 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.

9. Lewis notes that affection ignores which of the following?
(a) Past romantic history.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Criticism by others.
(d) All sorts of barriers.

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

11. 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) Walt Whitman.
(c) William Wordsworth.
(d) Robert Browning.

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

13. 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) Finland.
(b) Japan.
(c) Sweden.
(d) England.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following would be a terrible companion for a nature lover, according to Lewis?

3. Which of the following elements does Lewis attribute to making people judge others by themselves?

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

5. Affection can transcend education, gender, social class, and which of the following?

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