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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 cites that when men in a certain neighborhood have been well-educated and become white-collar professionals, why might they view women as being child-like?
(a) Because they deem the women not to be in their socio-economic class.
(b) Because they are not similarly educated.
(c) Because they are too selective.
(d) Because of the manner in which the women tend to complain and whine around them.

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

3. What is the sole condition under which affection produces happiness according to Lewis?
(a) "If there is common sense."
(b) "If theire is mutual respect between the parties involved."
(c) "If affection is generated equally from the parties involved."
(d) "If there is a bond."

4. Which of the following is an unconventional basis for friendship that Lewis cites?
(a) Intimidation.
(b) The ability to exclude others.
(c) A history of having engaged in a bitter dispute.
(d) Differences of opinion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis notes that a change in societal attitudes relating to friendship label it as which of the following?

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

3. Lewis turns to which of the following professions to illustrate a refusal of releasing the notion of being needed?

4. Lewis points out that it is satisfying to know that your lover can be friends with which of the following?

5. Lewis asserts that an individual in a crowd of a different opinion tends to be which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. The author basically implies that despite promising to do so, human beings are not capable of establishing everlasting love, and provides support for his assertion. How does he accomplish that?

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

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

4. What are the underlying traits of jealousy that author C.S. Lewis points out?

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

6. How does the author support his assertion that both single and married women seek ways to cross the barriers that keep them from establishing friendships with men?

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

8. How does the author describe the general misconception that people maintain about friendship?

9. Describe the observations that the author makes in relation to the workplace playing an instrumental role in the formation of friendships between men and women.

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

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