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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 of the following can consume a person and take over his/her life, according to Lewis?
(a) All kinds of pleasure..
(b) Desire pleasure.
(c) All kinds of love.
(d) Appreciative love.

2. How many types of pleasure exist, according to Lewis?
(a) Six (6) types.
(b) Two (2) types.
(c) Five (5) types.
(d) One (1) type.

3. Which of the following best describes Lewis' introduction to his book?
(a) Insignificant.
(b) Exciting.
(c) Significant.
(d) Informative.

4. Which of the following does Lewis NOT cite as happening to need love with the passage of time?
(a) Recur.
(b) Evolve.
(c) Grow.
(d) Diminish.

5. Lewis writes that human emotion tends to lead people toward doing which of the following?
(a) Allow others to influence them for the sake of acceptance and approval.
(b) Seek genuine love.
(c) Judge others by themselves.
(d) Be fearful of love.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of pleasure can lead an individual to vice?

3. Affection can transcend education, gender, social class, and which of the following?

4. Lewis writes that which of the following can be considered equal to appreciative 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the author write in relation to how a person treats affection in his/her life?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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."

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

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