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

2. Which of the following labels does Lewis caution against correlating with friendship prior to evaluating the friendship first?
(a) Sincere.
(b) Everlasting.
(c) Spiritual.
(d) Fateful.

3. Which of the following does Lewis deem necessary for a man and a woman to make a long-term relationship work?
(a) Trust.
(b) Faithfulness.
(c) Hard work.
(d) Commitment.

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

5. 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 we desire.
(c) To what we feel that we need.
(d) To what is familiar.

Short Answer Questions

1. "We choose our friends." How does Lewis label that statement?

2. Which of the following, according to Lewis, lend support to the belief that Eros is a higher type of love?

3. A person's affection for animals, Lewis asserts, tends to drain which of the following?

4. Lewis cites that most of our ancestors went into marriage without which of the following?

5. Lewis uses which of the following characters to illustrate how perversion is possible within gift love?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the example that the author mentions in the friendship section of his book that can actually be labeled as "the opposite of friendship."

2. How does the author provide insight to how a man is able to retain his choice of friends despite attempts to eliminate them from his presence that may be made by the woman in his life?

3. Describe the "battle of the sexes" that the author writes about in the friendship section of his book.

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

5. Describe the actual tasks that the author lists in connection with what Mrs. Fidget did for her family.

6. 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.

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

8. How does the author, in the Eros section of his book, explain that love is more than just physical?

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

10. 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?

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