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

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

3. Lewis cites that most of our ancestors went into marriage without which of the following?
(a) A marriage license.
(b) A blood test.
(c) Children.
(d) Love.

4. Lewis define Eros as being which of the following?
(a) Man's yearning for guidance.
(b) Man's search for truth.
(c) A Greek god.
(d) The state of being in love.

5. During the Romantic period, according to Lewis, people turned their attention away from friendship, and toward which of the following?
(a) Nature.
(b) Family.
(c) Religion.
(d) Philosophy.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Lewis, what is the reason that people are tempted to overstep the bounds of affection?

2. According to Lewis, which of the following is a major factor contributing to the lessening of differences between men and women?

3. Lewis notes that in prior times, having friendships appeared to raise a person to which of the following?

4. Lewis points out friendships that exist between friends of the same sex, which can be deemed as which of the following?

5. Lewis states that finding true affection, friendship, and deeper love for a person takes which of the following actions in order to evoke affection in return?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a process that the author mentions that evokes affection in return?

2. What does the author write in relation to a form of stereotype labeling that tends to follow friends of the same sex?

3. In the Eros section of his book, the author provides an illustration about the instrumental role that Eros plays in a person's state of being in love. How is it illustrated, and how can it be interpreted?

4. What does the author observe about the necessity of friendship?

5. What does the author note in relation to pitfalls associated with animals?

6. What are some of the exclusion elements relevant to friendship that the author points out?

7. What was it that the author listed that Mrs. Fidget did for her family?

8. Although he introduces Eros as the state of being in love, in the Eros section of his book, the author personifies Eros. Describe the author's characterization of Eros.

9. How does the author support his contention that there is advantage to numbers beyond two when applied to friendship?

10. Describe some of the profound observations that the author makes about the real value of friendship.

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