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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. What does Lewis note that a person who is in love with a friend will do in relation to losing the love or the friendship equally?
(a) Not regret that it happened.
(b) Be indifferent about its occurrence.
(c) Regret that it happened.
(d) Be relieved that it happened.

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

3. Lewis makes it a point to label which of the following as a serious topic?
(a) Singing.
(b) Bathing.
(c) Praying.
(d) Eating.

4. According to Lewis, which of the following methods is used to attempt to bring those falling into bad habits back into the fold?
(a) Immersion.
(b) VIctorian appeal.
(c) Reverse psychology.
(d) Evaluation.

5. Lewis writes that to say, "These are my friends..." implies which of the following?
(a) That others are not included in that group.
(b) That others are welcome to join that group.
(c) That not everyone in the group may agree that they are all friends.
(d) That conflict may actually exist within that group.

Short Answer Questions

1. A young lady told Lewis that key evenings only occurred when two men were prevented from engaging in talk about a "subject." The author labeled the scenario that the young lady described as which of the following?

2. 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?

3. Which of the following labels does Lewis caution against correlating with friendship prior to evaluating the friendship first?

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

4. How does the author, in the Eros part of his book, place the act of eating at the same level of importance as the physical part of love?

5. 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.

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

7. 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.

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

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

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

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