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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 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 neighborhood.
(b) Their parents.
(c) Their country.
(d) Their children.

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

3. The ultimate destination that Lewis mentions in the introduction to his book is which of the following?
(a) Home.
(b) Eternity.
(c) A forest.
(d) The universe.

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

5. Which of the following poets does Lewis quote when he writes, "A man's reason for not wanting his country to be ruled by foreigners are very like his reasons for not wanting his house to be burned down."
(a) Gilbert Keith Chesterton.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) William Wordsworth.
(d) Robert Browning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis notes that affection ignores which of the following?

2. A man who works, saves, and plans for his family's future, according to Lewis, is exhibiting which type of love?

3. A person enjoying a glass of water is illustrative of which of the following types of pleasure, according to Lewis?

4. According to Lewis, affection is a necessary part of which of the following?

5. Pleasure, according to Lewis, is which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe the observations that author C.S. Lewis offers in relation to the words, "like" and "love" as he notes that he will begin his discussion of love, "at the very bottom of love--like" in the section of his book subtitled, "Likings and Loves for the Sub-Human."

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

7. How is disinterest in what is "need pleasure" for others illustrated in a heroic light by the author in the "Likings and Loves for the Sub-Human" section of his book?

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

9. 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?

10. How does the author manage to incorporate patriotism into a book that is supposed to be focused on love?

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