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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. In order to avoid being misled toward what he terms "a great deal of nonsense," Lewis suggests that an individual's focus on nature be tempered with which of the following?
(a) Commitment.
(b) Bible study and prayer.
(c) Guidance of qualified professional in the science field.
(d) Perseverance.

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

3. A man who works, saves, and plans for his family's future, according to Lewis, is exhibiting which type of love?
(a) Fatherly love.
(b) Gift love.
(c) Agape love.
(d) True love.

4. What of the following can consume a person and take over his/her life, according to Lewis?
(a) Appreciative love.
(b) All kinds of love.
(c) All kinds of pleasure..
(d) Desire pleasure.

5. 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) Library floor.
(c) Kitchen floor.
(d) Church altar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is one of author C.S. Lewis' categorizations of love?

2. According to Lewis, a person should constantly be doing which of the following?

3. What is the length of Lewis' introduction to his book?

4. Lewis states that affection can exist between a cat and which of the following?

5. Who, according to Lewis, is more likely to be consumed by love?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What types of affectionate pairings does the author mention are capable of occurring?

4. What are some common traits in a person enjoying appreciative pleasure as that the author describes?

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

6. 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?

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

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

9. What words of encouragement does the author have for the mother who feels that her child no longer needs her?

10. What example does the author provide to illustrate that affection does not need to be earned, but simply felt for the familiar?

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