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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. According to Lewis, when bestowed upon which of the following, admiration can be deemed as appreciative love?
(a) Art.
(b) A musical composition.
(c) A woman.
(d) A parent.

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

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

4. Lewis notes that a true nature lover is more interested in which of the following?
(a) The moods invoked by the literary works of English naturalists.
(b) The moods invoked by marine life.
(c) The moods invoked by the changing of the seasons.
(d) The moods invoked by being at one with nature.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis describes affection as not being which of the following?

2. 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?

3. According to Lewis, when is it that problems in love arise?

4. Lewis notes that which of the following may help or hinder a personal walk with God?

5. Lewis writes that which of the following can be considered equal to appreciative love?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author incorporate the use of a glass of water to illustrate "need pleasure"?

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

3. To what does the author equate the idea of people putting their country, themselves, and their race in the best possible light?

4. Why, based on the author's assertions, do people not want foreigners to take over the governance of their country?

5. What does the author allude to as being the determinant for the type of rulers who govern a country?

6. Describe the introduction to The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis.

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

8. How does author C.S. Lewis describe affection?

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

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

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