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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) Documentation to support his manuscript.
(b) Problems.
(c) Encouragement from his colleagues.
(d) A large number of publishers who were eager to publish his book.

2. What aspect within their lives do people tend to place most importance upon (along with themselves) in order to put themselves in the best possible light?
(a) Their country.
(b) Their parents.
(c) Their neighborhood.
(d) Their children.

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

4. According to Lewis, when will our need for God end?
(a) At age 100.
(b) At death.
(c) Never.
(d) At age 90.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Lewis, what is it that nature does not do in relation to theological proposition?

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

3. 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?

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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 manage to incorporate patriotism into a book that is supposed to be focused on love?

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

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

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