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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lewis surmise as being the basis for friendship?
(a) Opportunity.
(b) Respect.
(c) Common interests.
(d) Personal taste.

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

3. Where does Lewis suggest that the love in nature be kept?
(a) In literary works and art.
(b) In one's mind.
(c) In its proper place.
(d) In one's daily life.

4. Lewis notes that which of the following may help or hinder a personal walk with God?
(a) The various types of love.
(b) Distractions in life.
(c) Lack of religion.
(d) Lack of time.

5. Pleasure, according to Lewis, is which of the following?
(a) Everlasting.
(b) Temporary.
(c) Spontaneous.
(d) Individual.

6. According to Lewis, affection is a necessary part of which of the following?
(a) Need love.
(b) Long-term erotic love.
(c) Spontaneous love.
(d) Appreciative love.

7. In explaining contrast between "like" and "love," Lewis states that the highest will not stand with which of the following?
(a) Boldest.
(b) Youngest.
(c) Tallest.
(d) Lowest.

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

9. Which of the following is one of author C.S. Lewis' categorizations of love?
(a) Romantic love.
(b) Need love.
(c) Infatuation.
(d) Affection.

10. 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) Sweden.
(c) England.
(d) Japan.

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

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) Judge others by themselves.
(c) Seek genuine love.
(d) Be fearful of love.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Pleasure, according to Lewis, is not always which of the following?

2. Which type of pleasure, according to Lewis, lasts only as long as the need for it does?

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

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

5. Patriotism, according to Lewis, is good in which of the following amounts?

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