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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lewis cite as having encountered as he was preparing himself to write his book?
(a) A large number of publishers who were eager to publish his book.
(b) Encouragement from his colleagues.
(c) Documentation to support his manuscript.
(d) Problems.

2. The most basic of loves, according to Lewis, is which of the following?
(a) Need love.
(b) Gift love.
(c) Affection.
(d) Friendship.

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

4. Pleasure, according to Lewis, is not always which of the following?
(a) Occurring.
(b) Simple.
(c) Genuine.
(d) Sporadic.

5. According to Lewis, what do some people claim in relation to the most common type of love felt by a person for God?
(a) A higher love.
(b) Need love.
(c) An inexplicable connection.
(d) An inexplicable feeling.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Lewis, how many type(s) of love may co-exist for a single person or thing at any given time?

2. Lewis notes that a true nature lover is more interested in which of the following?

3. The ultimate destination that Lewis mentions in the introduction to his book is which of the following?

4. When people ask for God's intervention and forgiveness, Lewis notes, they are exemplifying which type of love?

5. According to Lewis, all countries have historical facts that cause their citizens to feel which of the following ways?

Short Essay Questions

1. What interesting observation does the author write about in relation to a friend becoming an "old friend"?

2. How does the author describe "appreciative love"?

3. What does the author mention that is likely to happen if people do not temper their love in nature tempered with Bible study and prayer?

4. Describe "need pleasure" as described by the author.

5. What does the author use to amend to the list of favorable attributes relating to affection?

6. What is one way that the author exemplifies "need love"?

7. What does the author write in relation to how a person treats affection in his/her life?

8. Describe what the author mentions about our "need love" for God.

9. What topic(s) does author C.S. Lewis share with the reader in the opening pages of his book that relate to his personal experience about writing a book focused on love?

10. What does the author clarify adult feelings for "need love" to be?

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