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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. Where does Lewis cite as having been the site for his organization of his thoughts about love?
(a) In the house where he was raised.
(b) At his old high school, where he met his first love.
(c) In his mind.
(d) In St. Croix, where he honeymooned.

2. Lewis notes that the most common type of affection is which of the following?
(a) Dog for man.
(b) Man for Cat.
(c) Dog for woman.
(d) Cat for woman.

3. According to Lewis, what do some people claim in relation to the most common type of love felt by a person for God?
(a) An inexplicable connection.
(b) A higher love.
(c) Need love.
(d) An inexplicable feeling.

4. Lewis cites that which of the following can be deemed heroic?
(a) Appreciative love.
(b) Disinterest.
(c) Desire pleasure.
(d) Gift love.

5. What Lewis describes as taking place when love consumes a person's life and takes over can be referred to as which of the following?
(a) Dominance.
(b) Addiction.
(c) Perseverance.
(d) Devotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lewis suggest that the love in nature be kept?

2. Lewis warns against allowing love from becoming which of the following?

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

4. What topic does Lewis focus on at the opening of the introduction to his book?

5. According to Lewis, how many type(s) of love may co-exist for a single person or thing at any given time?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe the love-related warning that the author issues to the reader.

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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