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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. Which of the following is one of author C.S. Lewis' categorizations of love?

2. Which type of pleasure, according to Lewis, lasts only as long as the need for it does?

3. According to Lewis, what does affection expand to when the person upon whom affection is directed is gone?

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

5. According to Lewis, what is it that nature does not do in relation to theological proposition?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. How does the author describe "appreciative love"?

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

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

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

7. What types of affectionate pairings does the author mention are capable of occurring?

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Lewis writes about affection being a simple type of love that even cats and dogs have the capacity to give. In fact, he notes that a prime, basic example of affection is the type that a dog has for a man, who like man, shows affection in association with the familiar. Write an essay that correlates some of the common traits that Lewis points out between affection displayed and experienced by a dog with that of a man (or woman). Does Lewis skillfully do that to prepare the reader for the introduction of charity on a higher plane at the end of the book? Or do you view the order that Lewis has presented the different types of love as unplanned? State and support your position.

Essay Topic 3

One question that can be addressed is whether Lewis assumed that everyone reading his book would reach and read its last section on charity. Is the idea conceivable that not every one of his readers read the book in its entirety and missed his hard-hitting message about the nature of charity at the end? Which type of love inspires you and do you strive for after having read Lewis' book? Are you still applying like, love, affection, and friendship in the traditional way, or viewing them in a different way that has led you away from it and toward seeking charity?

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