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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lewis equates the vows of Eros to those of which of the following?
(a) A bride.
(b) A priest.
(c) A groom.
(d) A godparent.

2. Which of the following, according to Lewis, lend support to the belief that Eros is a higher type of love?
(a) Power, dynamics, and jolts.
(b) Boldness, charisma, and transformation.
(c) Strength, sweetness, and sheer terror.
(d) Composition, influence, and enlightment.

3. A major difference between friends and lovers is which of the following, according to Lewis?
(a) The quest for trust.
(b) The quest for security.
(c) The quest for total acceptance.
(d) The quest for privacy.

4. Lewis cites which of the following groups from ancient times as illustrative of friendship and bonding having evolved as a result of necessity and unity?
(a) Philosophers.
(b) Hunters.
(c) Sailors.
(d) Explorers.

5. According to Lewis, what element precludes crossing the lines of gender in relation to friendship?
(a) Fear of rejection.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Selectivity.
(d) Culture.

6. Which of the following does Lewis assert that women want?
(a) A successful career.
(b) Someone with whom to share life.
(c) Notoriety.
(d) To be the object of one's affection.

7. Lewis turns to which of the following professions to illustrate a refusal of releasing the notion of being needed?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Veterinary.
(d) Dental.

8. Which of the following do we tend to hold onto with respect to affection, according to Lewis?
(a) To what we feel to be rightfully ours.
(b) To what is familiar.
(c) To what we feel that we need.
(d) To what we desire.

9. Lewis points out that both men and women want which of the following in addition to a spouse or a significant other?
(a) Attention.
(b) Affection.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Security.

10. Lewis asserts that which of the following loves may or may not occur when friendship exists between a man and a woman?
(a) Need love.
(b) Gift love.
(c) Appreciative love.
(d) Erotic love.

11. According to Lewis, what is the reason that people are tempted to overstep the bounds of affection?
(a) Simply because they are selfish.
(b) Simply because they are people.
(c) Simply because they are insecure.
(d) Simply because they are affectionate.

12. Which types of love, according to Lewis, are subject to the effects of jealousy?
(a) Romantic love and natural love.
(b) Affection and genuine love.
(c) Need love and gift love.
(d) All types of love.

13. According to Lewis' story illustrating perversion, which of the following can occur if an individual tends to every need that is perceived in relation to their object of affection?
(a) Boredom.
(b) Rejection.
(c) Contempt.
(d) Suffocation.

14. Lewis uses which of the following characters to illustrate how perversion is possible within gift love?
(a) Mrs. Fidget.
(b) Mrs. Winters.
(c) Mrs. Troxclair.
(d) Mrs. Lawrence.

15. Lewis states that those who feel that they may be losing a loved one to change are fearful of which of the following?
(a) That the endeavor that has taken their loved one away may be something that they are not capable of doing themselves.
(b) That the endeavor that has taken their loved one away may be worthwhile.
(c) That the endeavor that has taken their loved one away may exclude them out of their loved one's life.
(d) That the endeavor that has taken their loved one away will take up all of their loved one's time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Lewis NOT cite as a factor that may have affected your choice in friends?

2. Lewis writes that to say, "These are my friends..." implies which of the following?

3. Lewis asserts that the underlying reason for an individual tending to every need that is perceived in relation to their object of affection is which of the following?

4. Lewis define Eros as being which of the following?

5. Eros honored and allowed to run free will consume and become which of the following, according to Lewis?

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