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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. At what level does Lewis suggest that patriotism be maintained?
2. What of the following can consume a person and take over his/her life, according to Lewis?
3. Where does Lewis suggest that the love in nature be kept?
4. According to Lewis, individuals are able to do which of the following in relation to the need pleasures of others?
5. Who, if anyone, does Lewis cite as "waiting" at the ultimate destination that he mentions that the individual in his example is trying to reach?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why, based on the author's assertions, do people not want foreigners to take over the governance of their country?
2. What are the two categories that the author divides all love types into as he begins his discussion on the subject of love?
3. How does the author describe "appreciative love"?
4. What is an example of "gift love" that the author describes as he continues sharing his observations on the subject of love?
5. What is one way that the author exemplifies "need love"?
6. How does the author manage to incorporate patriotism into a book that is supposed to be focused on love?
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. Describe "need pleasure" as described by the author.
9. What example does the author provide to illustrate that affection does not need to be earned, but simply felt for the familiar?
10. 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."
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Even love of home, family, and country have, in a way, been discouraged by Lewis. Do you agree or disagree? Why or why not? Write an essay focusing on the potentially harmful aspects of patriotism that Lewis writes about. Do you agree, as he suggests, that your level of patriotism should be maintained at a healthy level? Would you rather raise it to a much higher level? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Based on the information that Lewis offers about charity in the last portion of his book, write an essay addressing your opinion on the following: Do you agree or disagree that it was possible that he published his message about Divine love and charity because he loved mankind and was practicing "charity" himself as he was writing the chapter focusing on it? Or is it possible that he was simply writing it to point out to those reading his book that human love, as we know it, basically is good only in moderation, but not worth pursuing with fervor because of its inherent, all-consuming, ever-present factor that could be hurtful to us?
Essay Topic 3
Author Lewis places charity above all the other loves that he describes in his book. Do you agree with his assertion that charity is the ultimate type of love to pursue and possess? Do you disagree? Why or why not? Write an essay elaborating on the aforementioned observations and questions that have been raised as you have been reading and studying The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis.
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