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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) 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.

2. What type of pleasure can lead an individual to vice?
(a) Absolute pleasure.
(b) Genuine pleasure.
(c) Superficial pleasure.
(d) Desire pleasure.

3. According to Lewis, an individual must take which of the following to reach his/her ultimate destination?
(a) A realistic approach.
(b) A walk with God.
(c) An express bus.
(d) A detour.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many types of pleasure exist, according to Lewis?

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?

3. Which of the following does Lewis cite as being at the bottom of love?

4. In explaining contrast between "like" and "love," Lewis states that the highest will not stand with which of the following?

5. The love of a child for a parent is which type of love?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What term does the author use to describe the event in which love is allowed to grow too far out of bounds, and problems arise that ultimately result in the takeover of a person's life?

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

6. How does the author explain that people go about putting themselves and their home country in the best possible light?

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

8. How does the author contradict the widely-accepted belief concerning verification of the theological proposition?

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

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

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