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

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

3. What two types of love does a mother provide for her baby, according to Lewis?
(a) Genuine love and Natural love.
(b) Gift love and Need love.
(c) Appreciative love and Gift love.
(d) Agape love and Need love.

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

5. Lewis writes that which of the following can be considered equal to appreciative love?
(a) Worship.
(b) Charity.
(c) Romance.
(d) Reverence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary technique does Lewis use to make his points on the subject of love?

2. Affection, according to Lewis, is the type of love that is the least of which of the following?.

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

4. Lewis cites that people who are aggressive patriots will not fight unless which of the following takes place?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. What are the four types of love that the author mentions in relation to the forthcoming focus of his book?

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

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

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

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 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?

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